Set up WhatsApp¶
Requires Smap Server version 24.09+.
Vonage¶
- Create an account on Vonage, https://www.vonage.com/
- Login to "Communication APIs"
- Select "External Accounts" and then select "Set up my WhatsApp business account"
- Logon to Facebook
- Enter your business information and press "Next"
- Leave the default options of creating a whatsapp business account and profile and press "Next"
- Fill in your profile and press "Next"
- Enter the whatsapp number for your business account (Note I had to use a new number for this account. You can use a number with an existing whatsApp account associated to it but you will need to delete that account first)
- You can then continue to connect your whatsApp number to Vonage
- Select the phone number that has the whats app account
- Select your API key, this is probably the one you set up for SMS
- Select get my WhatsApp number live
- Follow the prompts