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API referenceWhatsapp messages
DELETE
/whatsapp/api/v1/messages/{id}

This number's own message: deleted for everyone. Someone else's: deleted for this number only.

Authorization

X-API-KEY<token>

Your API key from the console (gw_live_…).

In: header

Path Parameters

id*string

A WhatsApp message id (wam_…), as listed in a chat's messages.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X DELETE "https://example.com/whatsapp/api/v1/messages/wam_P7tR2wQ9zL4kN8vX"
{  "object": "MessageDeleted"}

Fetch older history for a chat GET

Asks the phone for older messages; they arrive later. Poll: `SYNC_STARTED`, `SYNC_RUNNING`, then `SYNC_DONE` once.

Download an attachment GET

The media, fetched from WhatsApp on demand (nothing is kept), served as a download of the type the message declares. `attachmentId` is `<message id>.0`. 422 over 32 MB.