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# How to Create Templates For WhatsApp Business API ?

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### 1. Go To WABA Platform

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### 2. Click on View

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### 3. Click on Templates

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### 4. Click on Create Template

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### 5. Write An Appropriate “Template Name”

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### 6. Select An Appropriate Template Category

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### 7. Select Your Template Content Language

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### 8. Select Header Type

You can have No Header Or\
Any One of the Following ->\
Text / Image / Video / Document

( Kindly Note This is Only Header and It is Option. You Will Have Option To Write body text separately )

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### 9. Click On Body & Start Typing Your Template Body Text

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### 10. Click on < > To Add a Variable

You can have multiple variables in 1 Template

**Single Variable –**

Hi {{1}} Creating a Text Template

**Multiple Variables –**&#x20;

Hi {{1}} Creating a Text Template. Would You Be Interested in our Product {{2}}

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### 11. Click On Generate Example Field

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### 12. Type Examples For All Your Variables.

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### 13. Click on Next Step

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### 14. Select Your Footer Type

You can decide to have a Text Based Footer\
Footer Text Is Shown in Grey Colour in Small Font Size in WhatsApp Message.

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### 15. Select Your Button Type

There are 2 types Of Buttons

1. Quick Reply Buttons :- when the customer clicks on it they send a predefined text as a WhatsApp Message To Us. You can have upto 3 Quick Reply Buttons
2. Call To Action Buttons :- You can have 1 Link & 1 Call Button

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### 16. For Quick Reply Buttons

Upto 20 Characters Are Allowed in Each Button.\
You can have 1 / 2 / 3 Buttons ( Min 1 – Max 3 )

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### 17. For Call To Action Buttons

You Can have Upto 2 Buttons\
1st Button can be URL\
2nd Button can be Call to a Phone Number

We cannot have 2 Urls / 2 Phone Number Buttons\
It will be 1 Each or any 1

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### 18. For Fixed URL Simply Type Your Url in Both URL and URL Example Field

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### 19. For Variable URL

For Variable URL Type your URL with Variable in end {{1}} and in example Field Write the Example as Shown in Next Step

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### 20. Example Should Contain A Full URL

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### 21. You Can Also Choose to Have NO Buttons

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### 22. Preview Your Template

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### 23. Click on Submit For Approval

WhatsApp Takes Between 2 – 48 Hours For Templates Approval

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