Question
Do you have an API to check if the user is WhatsApp enabled?
Applies To
- Messages API
Answer
We currently do not have a contact API for the customers to check whether a number has a WhatsApp account.
If you use our MessagesAPI and if the request was sent to a non-registered account, you will be returned with the below error code.
| 1300 |
Not part of the provider network - The number or ID is not a user in the provider network. |
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