Set WhatsApp Text Status

This endpoint will let you set an ephemeral text status on your WhatsApp account with optional styling parameters like background color and font.

This status will show up as an update similar to Instagram statuses.

Parameters

These parameters should be sent as JSON payload in the request body.

Field	Description	Example values
text	The text content of the status	oiko!
params	Optional styling parameters	{ "backgroundColor": "#0275d8", "font": 10 }
params.backgroundColor	Background color as a hex code	#0275d8
params.font	Font style identifier	10

Invocation

Make a POST request to https://api.p.2chat.io/open/whatsapp/set-text-status/<number> where <number> is the phone number that you have connected to 2Chat.

cURL

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.p.2chat.io/open/whatsapp/set-text-status/+5491124837650' \
--header 'X-User-API-Key: your_api_key_here' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "text": "oiko!",
    "params": { "backgroundColor": "#0275d8", "font": 10 }
}'

Python

import requests
import json

url = "https://api.p.2chat.io/open/whatsapp/set-text-status/+5491124837650"

payload = json.dumps({
  "text": "oiko!",
  "params": { "backgroundColor": "#0275d8", "font": 10 }
})
headers = {
  'X-User-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here',
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)

JavaScript

var axios = require('axios');
var data = JSON.stringify({
  "text": "oiko!",
  "params": { "backgroundColor": "#0275d8", "font": 10 }
});

var config = {
  method: 'post',
  url: 'https://api.p.2chat.io/open/whatsapp/set-text-status/+5491124837650',
  headers: { 
    'X-User-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here', 
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  data : data
};

axios(config)
.then(function (response) {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch(function (error) {
  console.log(error);
});

PHP

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.p.2chat.io/open/whatsapp/set-text-status/+5491124837650',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS =>'{
    "text": "oiko!",
    "params": { "backgroundColor": "#0275d8", "font": 10 }
}',
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'Content-Type: application/json',
    'X-User-API-Key: your_api_key_here'
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

Response

The API will return whether it succeded or not to queue the request for processing

{
    "success": true,
}