---
title: "Start Whatsapp Selfhosted Phone"
method: POST
path: "/api/channels/whatsapp/auth/selfhosted/phone-start"
tags: ["channels", "channels", "whatsapp"]
---

# Start Whatsapp Selfhosted Phone

`POST /api/channels/whatsapp/auth/selfhosted/phone-start`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.dialogbrain.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.dialogbrain.com/api/channels/whatsapp/auth/selfhosted/phone-start`
- Auth: none declared

Start native WhatsApp phone-pairing via self-hosted whatsmeow bridge.

Returns an 8-character pairing code the user types into WhatsApp on
their phone (Settings → Linked Devices → Link with phone number).
Same status-poll endpoint as QR (`/auth/selfhosted/status/{sid}`).

## Query parameters

- `sync_scope` string, nullable

## Request body

- SelfHostedPhoneStartRequest
  - `phone` string, required
  - `account_id` integer, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/dialogbrain/apis/dialogbrain-v2-api-gateway.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/dialogbrain/apis/dialogbrain-v2-api-gateway/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/dialogbrain/apis/dialogbrain-v2-api-gateway/revisions/d84e7dc9977d?raw)