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Business Account

Before we start with the configuration of the provider, we need a few things:

• Meta account member of a company with a business account.

• Application created on Meta portal.

• WhatsApp, Webhook, Log in with Facebook added as product to the application.

• Permission to edit the API configuration.

• Mobile number verified.

Verify Your Business on Meta

To obtain official business verification on Meta, you can visit the following link where you'll find a detailed step-by-step guide on how to get this verification to gain greater trust from your customers.

Configuration

Webhook

In the WhatsApp configuration window, section webhook, add the following:

Callback URL: https://<instance>.ucontactcloud.com/Integra/resources/Whatsapp/webhook

ID verifier: 1nt3gr4!

Webhook fields: subscribe to messages.

Log in with Facebook

In the Log in with Facebook window, section configuration, add the following in the valid redirect URI for OAuth field:

https://<instance>.ucontactcloud.com/Integra/resources/WhatsappAuth/oauth

Provider

Log into uContact with a user with permissions to create SMS providers.

Then we go to Administrator → Providers → SMS

We select WhatsApp from the list of providers and complete the fields:

• Name
  To identify the provider

Messages per second: Limit of messages that will be sent by this provider per second.

Activate with Facebook, you need to login with the Meta account administrator of the application. Accept the permission requested and we are all set.

Campaign

• Select a WhatsApp provider.

• Put the Phone Number ID in the port field.

Rember to add members to the campaign.

Type of Messages

Besides the common types of messages such as text and media, WhatsApp Business provides interactive messages, templates and location.

Location

Location message let business send precise locations on maps.

Location:-34.92403016332158,-56.158280428772684:Shopping Punta Carretas:Montevideo, Uruguay

Interactive Messages

Interactive messages give users an easier way to find and select what they want from your business on WhatsApp. During testing, chatbots using interactive messaging features achieved a significant increase in response rates and conversions compared to text-based bots.

List button

Messages that include a menu with a maximum of 10 options. This type of message gives users a simpler and more consistent way to make a selection when interacting with a company.

Example:

List;
title: uContact Support
header:Menu
body: How can we help you? select one of the options.
1-Telephony
2-SMS
3-WhatsApp
4-Email
5-Webchat
6-Facebook
7-Menssager
8-Other
footer:Support service is available between 9am to 6pm

Buttons Reply

Messages that include a maximum of three options, each of which is a button. This type of message gives users a faster way to make a selection on a menu when interacting with a business. Answer buttons have the same user experience as interactive templates with buttons.

Example:

Buttons;
body;Please rate your experience with uContact
header;image;https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1098841/Net2Phone_Logo.jpg?p=facebook
1-Very good
2-Good
3-Bad

Templates

Message templates allow you to deliver a richer conversation experience than standard text messages by integrating buttons, images, lists, and other elements along with text in a single message. Templates can be used for many purposes, such as displaying product information, asking the recipient of the message to choose from a predetermined set of options, or displaying search results.

To create, modify or delete the templates it is necessary to enter the meta portal as application administration: https://business.facebook.com. In the menu located in the upper left corner, access account tools and click on message templates.

Template properties are separated by semicolons.
hsm: Indicates that the following message is of type template.
Name: The name with which the template was registered in the meta portal.
Language: The language with which the template was registered.
Type: Defines the type of the template header, the available ones are text, image, video, location, document.
Variable header: plain text if the type is text, or URL of the attachment if the type is not text.
Variable body
Variable-type: type can be text, date_time, currency.
Variable in buttons
Variable-type: Type can be text, payload.
hsm, Name, Language, Type is required.
*In the event that the template does not have one of the properties, it must be left empty separated by semicolons.

Examples:

Text

hsm;sample_issue_resolution;en_US;;text-John

Image

hsm;sample_purchase_feedback;en_US;image;https://desarrollo.ucontactcloud.com/attachments/20230418/66c38ee1-bec9-462b-a844-9baed8eece43.download.png;text-uContact

NGINX

To receive the messages un uContact is necessary to add the following code snippet to your NGINX configuration.

location /Integra/resources/Whatsapp/ {
     proxy_pass http://localhost:8085;
     proxy_set_header Host $host;
     proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
     proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
}

location /Integra/resources/WhatsappAuth/ {
     proxy_pass http://localhost:8085;
     proxy_set_header Host $host;
     proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
     proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
}

Meta platform documentation

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MetaDoc MetaDoc

• Meta platform:

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/

• User registration:

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/development/register

• Create an application and add products:

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/development/create-an-app

• Add phone number:

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/phone-numbers