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WhatsApp Business Account

Update WhatsApp Business Account

Update configuration and settings for a WhatsApp Business Account.

Use Cases:

  • Update WhatsApp Business Account name and configuration
  • Modify account settings and preferences
  • Update business information and verification details

Rate Limiting: Standard Graph API rate limits apply. Use appropriate retry logic with exponential backoff.

post/{Version}/{WABA-ID}

Request

  • Base URL
    https://graph.facebook.com
  • URL
    https://graph.facebook.com/{Version}/{WABA-ID}
  • Auth
    HTTP bearer

Path parameters

Versionstring required

Graph API version to use for this request. Determines the API behavior and available features.

WABA-IDstring required

Your WhatsApp Business Account ID. This ID is provided when you create the account and can be found in your WhatsApp Manager or through business management APIs.

Headers

User-Agentstring
Example:Meta-Business-Messaging-OpenAPI/1.0.0;spec=2025-10-21

The user agent string identifying the client software making the request.

Authorizationstring required
Example:Bearer EAABwzLixnjYBOzYmNMJJGfHq9DgNh...

Bearer token for API authentication. This should be a valid access token obtained through the appropriate OAuth flow or system user token.

Request body

namestring

Updated name for the WhatsApp Business Account

timezone_idstring

Updated timezone identifier for the WhatsApp Business Account

Example request

{
  "name": "Updated Business Name",
  "timezone_id": "2"
}

Response

Successfully updated WhatsApp Business Account

successboolean

Example response

{
  "success": true
}

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 5 revisions of this API.