Send WhatsApp via bulk JSON API

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Resource URL

https://api.txtlocal.com/bulk_json

Sample Request

<?php

$messages = array(
    // Put parameters here such as force or test
    'send_channel' => 'whatsapp',
    'messages' => array(
        array(
            'number' => 447123456789,
            'template' => array(
                'id' => '12345',
                'merge_fields' => array(
                    'FirstName' => 'Aleisha',
                    'LastName' => 'Britt',
                    'Custom1' => 'Custom 1 field test',
                    'Custom2' => 'Custom 2 field test',
                    'Custom3' => 'Custom 3 field test',
                )
            ),
            array(
                'number' => 447987654321,
                'template' => array(
                    'id' => '12345',
                    'merge_fields' => array(
                        'FirstName' => 'Kerys',
                        'LastName' => 'Fletcher',
                        'Custom1' => 'Custom 1 field test',
                        'Custom2' => 'Custom 2 field test',
                        'Custom3' => 'Custom 3 field test',
                    )
                )
            )
        )
    )
);

// Prepare data for POST request
$data = array(
    'apikey' => 'Your API key',
    'data' => json_encode($messages)
);

// Send the POST request with cURL
$ch = curl_init('https://api.txtlocal.com/bulk_json/');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;

Caution: Some users opt to place their request inside a code loop, while testing we highly recommend setting the test parameter to true, as occasionally an infinite loop can occur and users can consume all their credits very quickly.

Parameters

Sample Response

{
    "messages": [
        {
            "cost": 1,
            "balance": 100,
            "number": "447123456789",
            "template_id": 2530563,
            "body": "This is a test template #Custom1# #Custom2#"
        },
        {
            "cost": 1,
            "balance": 100,
            "number": "447987654321",
            "template_id": 2530563,
            "body": "This is a test template #Custom1# #Custom2#"
        }
    ],
    "balance_pre_send": 100,
    "total_cost": 1,
    "balance_post_send": 98,
    "status": "success"
}

Errors