Typing indicators

When you get a messages webhook indicating a received message, you can use the message.id value to mark the message as read and display a typing indicator so the WhatsApp user knows you are preparing a response. This is good practice if it will take you a few seconds to respond.

The typing indicator will be dismissed once you respond, or after 25 seconds, whichever comes first. To prevent a poor user experience, only display a typing indicator if you are going to respond.

Request syntax

curl -X POST \
'https://graph.facebook.com///messages'
-H 'Authorization: Bearer ' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '
{
  "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
  "status": "read",
  "message_id": "",
  "typing_indicator": {
    "type": "text"
  }
}'

Request parameters

Response

Upon success:

{
  "success": true
}

Example request

curl 'https://graph.facebook.com/v23.0/106540352242922/messages' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer EAAJB...' \
-d '
{
  "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
  "status": "read",
  "message_id": "wamid.HBgLMTY1MDM4Nzk0MzkVAgARGBJDQjZCMzlEQUE4OTJBMTE4RTUA",
  "typing_indicator": {
    "type": "text"
  }
}'

Response

Upon success:

{
  "success": true
}