🕵️‍♂️Set up Facebook Developer Account

Step 1: Sign up or log in to the Facebook for Developers account and click on Create App.

To get WhatsApp Cloud API, you need to set up your Facebook Developer Account. Follow the steps below to set up WhatsApp Cloud API on your Facebook Developer Account. Alternatively, you can watch our WhatsApp Cloud API tutorial video. First, Sign up or Log in to the Facebook developer account and click on Create App.

Step 2A: Select Others as your use case.

how to use whatsapp cloud api: Select Business as your app type.

Step 2B: Select Business as your app type.

Step 3: Provide basic information about your business. If you don’t have a Business Manager account, you may leave it unselected. Click Create app. You will be directed to your Meta dashboard.

Provide basic information about your business. For the business account section, you may leave it unselected and Facebook will automatically create a business account later. Click Create App. You will be directed to your Meta dashboard.

Step 4: Scroll down until you see WhatsApp and click Set up.

On your meta dashboard, look for WhatsApp and click Set up.

Step 5: Click Continue to accept WhatsApp Cloud API’s terms and conditions. If you left your Business Manager account unselected in step 3, you may leave your business account unselected here, and Meta will automatically create a business account later.

Click Continue to accept WhatsApp Cloud API’s terms and conditions. If you left your Business Manager account unselected in step 3, you may leave your Business Account unselected here and Facebook will automatically create a business account later.

Step 6: Now a test business WhatsApp number will be provided, and you can use that to send a test message to your personal or business WhatsApp number.

Send a message with the test number generated by WhatsApp to a phone number registered with WhatsApp to test if your integration is a success. Note that this step is optional. You can skip this step and add your own phone number to your WhatsApp Cloud API Account.

Next, we’ll show you how to add your phone number to your WhatsApp Cloud API account

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