Contextual replies

Contextual replies are a special way of responding to a WhatsApp user message. Sending a message as a contextual reply makes it clearer to the user which message you are replying to by quoting the previous message in a contextual bubble:

Limitations

• You cannot send a reaction message as a contextual reply.

The contextual bubble will not appear at the top of the delivered message if:

• The previous message has been deleted or moved to long term storage (messages are typically moved to long term storage after 30 days, unless you have enabled local storage).
• You reply with an audio, image, or video message and the WhatsApp user is running KaiOS.
• You use the WhatsApp client to reply with a push-to-talk message and the WhatsApp user is running KaiOS.
• You reply with a template message.

Request Syntax

POST /<WHATSAPP_BUSINESS_PHONE_NUMBER_ID>/messages

Post Body

{
  "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
  "recipient_type": "individual",
  "to": "<WHATSAPP_USER_PHONE_NUMBER>",
  "context": {
    "message_id": "WAMID_TO_REPLY_TO"
  },

  /* Message type and type contents goes here */

}

Post Body Parameters

Example Request

Example of a text message sent as a reply to a previous message.

curl 'https://graph.facebook.com/v19.0/106540352242922/messages' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer EAAJB...' \
-d '
{
  "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
  "recipient_type": "individual",
  "to": "+16505551234",
  "context": {
    "message_id": "wamid.HBgLMTY0NjcwNDM1OTUVAgASGBQzQTdCNTg5RjY1MEMyRjlGMjRGNgA="
  },
  "type": "text",
  "text": {
    "body": "You'\''re welcome, Pablo!"
  }
}'