Meta WhatsApp Cloud API
Official WhatsApp API; "Rest of Africa" tier
Last verified: 5 October 2026
Meta's WhatsApp Business Platform, the official cloud API to integrate WhatsApp messaging into applications. It handles utility, authentication and marketing messages, templates, interactive messages, catalogs, voice calling and webhooks.
Services
- Utility, authentication and marketing messages
- Message templates
- Interactive messages and catalogs
- Voice calling
- Message and status webhooks
Access requirements
You need a Facebook or managed Meta account with developer registration, a Meta Business portfolio, a WhatsApp Business account and a Meta app with the WhatsApp use case. A test phone number and a permanent token (system user) are used to start.
Sandbox: Yes
Sources
- WhatsApp Cloud API, premiers pas (new tab), verified on 5 October 2026Official site consulted
- Meta WhatsApp Cloud API (new tab), verified on 1 October 2026Official site consulted