Visual FoxPro

WhatsApp Cloud API Send Message

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Demonstrates how to send a message using the WhatsApp Cloud API (Business App) Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loResp

lnSuccess = 0

* This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
* See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')

* The following JSON is sent in the request body.

* {
*   "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
*   "to": "16302581871",
*   "type": "template",
*   "template": {
*     "name": "hello_world",
*     "language": {
*       "code": "en_US"
*     }
*   }
* }

loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.UpdateString("messaging_product","whatsapp")
loJson.UpdateString("to","15555555555")
loJson.UpdateString("type","template")
loJson.UpdateString("template.name","hello_world")
loJson.UpdateString("template.language.code","en_US")

loHttp.AuthToken = "EAANrS5....yFB9Ma"
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json")

loResp = CreateObject('Chilkat.HttpResponse')
lnSuccess = loHttp.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.facebook.com/v18.0/111111111111111/messages",loJson,"application/json",loResp)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loResp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? STR(loResp.StatusCode)
? loResp.BodyStr

* Here's a screenshot of our WhatsApp test app.

* 

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loResp