Connect an AI assistant
Your AI assistant can read this documentation directly, so it answers from the current content instead of guessing. Add one of the servers below to your client — they use the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Each one covers a different body of content, so add the one you need.
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Messages / Send Message
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Operation Information
Sends free form messages, important notes on this api: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/conversation-types.
This is a Premium Integration.
Authentication
This operation requires authentication, the details of which can be securely stored on your instance in a KeySafe Key of type WhatsApp.
To create a key of this type:
- In the Configuration area of your Hornbill instance, navigate to Platform Configuration > Security > KeySafe;
- Click on the + Create New Key button;
- On the resulting Create New Key form, choose WhatsApp in the Type pick list;
- Give the WhatsApp KeySafe key a Title (this is the name / identifier for the WhatsApp account as you will see it when using the cloud automation node in your workflows);
- Optionally populate the Description field;
- Populate the following fields accordingly, then click the Create Key button to create your new key:
| Name | Type | Description |
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| Token | string |
Permanent API Token |
Tip
To find your phone number ID access this page https://developers.facebook.com/apps/YOURAPPIDHERE/whatsapp-business/wa-dev-console/?business_id=YOURBUSINESSIDHERE and select the phone number with rights to send messages. To find your Whatsapp Business Account Id go to https://business.facebook.com/settings/whatsapp-business-accounts while logged into the facebook account with access to the integration, select whatsapp accounts, then select the integration. Under the title of the account, there will the Id.
Revoking Access
If at any point you wish to revoke access to any of the above accounts from your Hornbill instance, just delete the relevant KeySafe key(s) from the KeySafe list.
Warning
This will revoke the rights of any existing Cloud Automation Node in your Hornbill Workflows that are using the revoked WhatsApp account, so you will need to manage these workflows accordingly.
Input Parameters
| Display Name | ID | Type | Description | Required | Supported Values |
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| Recipient Number | recipientNumber |
string |
The phone number of the recipient | Yes | None provided |
| Sending Number ID | sendingNumberId |
string |
ID of the number authorized to send WhatsApp business messages. | Yes | None provided |
| Content | textContent |
string |
Content of the message | Yes | None provided |
Output Parameters
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| Status | status |
string |
The status of the integration, ok/failed |
| Error | error |
string |
Any returned error |
| Result | result |
string |
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