WhatsApp Business Detection

Check if a WhatsApp number is a business account.

Code example:

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.ekycpro.com/v1/whatsapp/business' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--header 'X-API-Key: AbcdEfgh' \
--data-urlencode 'number=+17253100591&country=US'

Response for when the input number is checking

{
  "status": "OK",
  "message": {
    "number": "+17253100591",
    "whatsapp": "checking",
    "status_update": "",
    "signature": "",
    "avatar": "",
    "business_info": {},
    "region": "Pennsylvania",
    "carrier": ""
  },
  "pricingStrategy": "FREE",
  "transactionId": "8tgg694bwvguufqqgg3mb3"
}

Response for the input number that has already registered WhatsApp and has business information

{
    "status": "OK",
    "message": {
        "number": "+17253100591",
        "whatsapp": "yes",
        "status_update": "",
        "signature": "",
        "avatar": "yes",
        "business_info": {
            "is_enterprise": False,
            "description": "",
            "email": "",
            "website": "",
            "categories": [{
                "id": "629412378414563",
                "localized_display_name": ""
            }],
            "short_name": "ekycpro",
            "verified_name": "ekycpro",
            "verified_level": "unknown",
            "cart_enabled": True
        },
        "region": "Nevada",
        "carrier": ""
    },
    "pricingStrategy": "PAY",
    "transactionId": "nqb5uyttcuzhszynj4kpnf"
}

Response for the input number that has already registered WhatsApp but has no business information

{
  "status": "OK",
  "message": {
    "number": "+18144499562",
    "whatsapp": "yes",
    "status_update": "20220630",
    "signature": "Null",
    "avatar": "yes",
    "business_info": {},
    "region": "Pennsylvania",
    "carrier": ""
  },
  "pricingStrategy": "PAY",
  "transactionId": "wkqxj8he4o6pces6pkvkab"
}

Response for the input number not register whatsapp

{
  "status": "OK",
  "message": {
    "number": "+18144199563",
    "whatsapp": "no",
    "status_update": "",
    "signature": "",
    "avatar": "",
    "business_info": {},
    "region": "Pennsylvania",
    "carrier": ""
  },
  "pricingStrategy": "PAY",
  "transactionId": "juhtammd9txhzumnt29tek"
}

HTTP request

POST https://api.ekycpro.com/v1/whatsapp/business

Request parameters

parameter	description
number	string, phone number
country	string, Country abbreviation. Brazil: BR, Mexico: MX, Nigeria: NG, India: IN.

Response format

fields	description
status	status code
message	number: phone number whatsapp: conclusion

Status code

status	description
OK	charge, message contains the result
FAIL	free, invalid query
INVALID_INPUT	free, invalid input
RETRY_LATER	free, server error, please try again later