Audio Messages - Developers Meta Docs

curl 'https://graph.facebook.com/v22.0
/106540352242922/messages' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer EAAJB...' \
-d '{
  "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
  "recipient_type": "individual",
  "to": "+16505551234",
  "type": "audio",
  "audio": {
    "id" : "3674626312780147"
  }
}'

{
  "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
  "contacts": [
    {
      "input": "+16505551234",
      "wa_id": "16505551234"
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "wamid.HBgLMTY0NjcwNDM1OTUVAgARGBI1RjQyNUE3NEYxMzAzMzQ5MkEA"
    }
  ]
}

POST

v22.0

106540352242922

messages

curl 'https://graph.facebook.com/v22.0
/106540352242922/messages' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer EAAJB...' \
-d '{
  "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
  "recipient_type": "individual",
  "to": "+16505551234",
  "type": "audio",
  "audio": {
    "id" : "3674626312780147"
  }
}'

{
  "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
  "contacts": [
    {
      "input": "+16505551234",
      "wa_id": "16505551234"
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "wamid.HBgLMTY0NjcwNDM1OTUVAgARGBI1RjQyNUE3NEYxMzAzMzQ5MkEA"
    }
  ]
}

Sending Audio Messages

Use the POST /<WHATSAPP_BUSINESS_PHONE_NUMBER_ID>/messages endpoint to send an audio message to a WhatsApp user.

Request Syntax

POST /<WHATSAPP_BUSINESS_PHONE_NUMBER_ID>/messages

Post Body

{
  "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
  "recipient_type": "individual",
  "to": "<WHATSAPP_USER_PHONE_NUMBER>",
  "type": "audio",
  "audio": {
    "id" : "<MEDIA_ID>"
  }
}

Post Body Parameters

string

required

Required if using an uploaded media asset (recommended).Uploaded media asset ID.Example: 3674626312780147

string

required

Required if linking to your media asset (not recommended)URL of audio asset on your public server. For better performance, we recommend that you upload your media asset instead.Example: https://www.luckyshrub.com/assets/lucky-track.aac

string

required

Required. WhatsApp user phone number.Example: +16505551234

Supported Audio Formats

Audio Type	Extension	MIME Type	Max Size
AAC	.aac	audio/aac	16 MB
AMR	.amr	audio/amr	16 MB
MP3	.mp3	audio/mpeg	16 MB
MP4 Audio	.m4a	audio/mp4	16 MB
OGG Audio	.ogg	audio/ogg (OPUS codecs only; base audio/ogg not supported.)	16 MB

Example Request

Example request to send an image message using an uploaded media ID and a caption.

curl 'https://graph.facebook.com/v22.0
/106540352242922/messages' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer EAAJB...' \
-d '{
  "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
  "recipient_type": "individual",
  "to": "+16505551234",
  "type": "audio",
  "audio": {
    "id" : "3674626312780147"
  }
}'

Example Response

{
  "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
  "contacts": [
    {
      "input": "+16505551234",
      "wa_id": "16505551234"
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "wamid.HBgLMTY0NjcwNDM1OTUVAgARGBI1RjQyNUE3NEYxMzAzMzQ5MkEA"
    }
  ]
}

​Sending Audio Messages

​Request Syntax

​Post Body

​Post Body Parameters

​Supported Audio Formats

​Example Request

​Example Response

Sending Audio Messages

Request Syntax

Post Body

Post Body Parameters

Supported Audio Formats

Example Request

Example Response