Whautomate ACTION
Send WhatsApp Template Message
Send a pre-defined WhatsApp message template to a contact. See the documentation
- Action
- Writes data
- API key
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's Whautomate account once, then configure and run Send WhatsApp Template Message from your backend or agent.
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"
const pd = new PipedreamClient({
projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
projectEnvironment: "production",
})
const result = await pd.actions.run({
id: "whautomate-send-whatsapp-template-message",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
whautomate: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
contactId: "Contact ID",
templateName: "Template Name",
},
})
console.log(result)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "whautomate-send-whatsapp-template-message",
"configured_props": {
"whautomate": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"contactId": "Contact ID",
"templateName": "Template Name"
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "whautomate",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "whautomate-send-whatsapp-template-message",
arguments: {
contactId: "Contact ID",
templateName: "Template Name",
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
contactId Contact ID | string | The unique identifier of the contact Required Dynamic |
templateName Template Name | string | The WhatsApp Template from your Whautomate Account. Required |
templateLanguage Template Language | string | The language of the WhatsApp Template. Required |
locationId Location Id | string | The location id of the contact Required Dynamic |
headerMediaUrl Header Media URL | string | The URL of the header media. Optional |
headerTextParameters Header Text Parameters | string[] | The variables used in the header of your WhatsApp Template. Optional |
bodyTextParameters Body Text Parameters | string[] | The variables used in the body of your WhatsApp Template. Optional |
buttonUrlParameters Button URL Parameters | string[] | The placeholders used in the buttons of your WhatsApp Template. Optional |
REFERENCE
Tool details
Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.
- Registry key
- whautomate-send-whatsapp-template-message
- Version
- 0.0.2
- App
- Whautomate
- Authentication
- API key
- Read-only
- No
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗