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# Send raw WhatsApp template message

> Queue a WhatsApp template payload through a connected WhatsApp Business account. When using an AUTHENTICATION template, optional channels can define the message flow.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /v1.json post /messages/send/raw
openapi: 3.1.1
info:
  title: Modawer.Api | v1
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://modawer.com/api
security: []
tags:
  - name: Messages
paths:
  /messages/send/raw:
    post:
      tags:
        - Messages
      summary: Send raw WhatsApp template message
      description: >-
        Queue a WhatsApp template payload through a connected WhatsApp Business
        account. When using an AUTHENTICATION template, optional channels can
        define the message flow.
      operationId: sendRawWhatsAppTemplateMessage
      parameters:
        - name: X-API-KEY
          in: header
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueueRawMessageRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueueMessageResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    QueueRawMessageRequest:
      required:
        - whatsappBusinessId
        - phoneNumberId
        - payload
      type: object
      properties:
        whatsappBusinessId:
          type: string
          description: Connected WhatsApp Business Account ID (WABA ID).
        phoneNumberId:
          type: string
          description: WhatsApp phone number ID that should send the message.
        channels:
          type: array
          description: >-
            Optional message flow. Only applicable when the selected template is
            AUTHENTICATION.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageChannel'
          default:
            - WhatsApp
        payload:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RawWhatsAppTemplatePayload'
    QueueMessageResponse:
      required:
        - queued
      type: object
      properties:
        queued:
          type: boolean
    MessageChannel:
      type: string
      enum:
        - WhatsApp
        - Telegram
    RawWhatsAppTemplatePayload:
      required:
        - recipient
        - to
        - type
        - template
      type: object
      properties:
        recipient:
          type: string
        to:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - template
        template:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/WhatsAppTemplatePayload'
    WhatsAppTemplatePayload:
      required:
        - name
        - language
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        language:
          type: object
          required:
            - code
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
        components:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true

````