Start Conversation
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.{your-broker}.slate-labs.com/messaging/conversations/start \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"customer_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"template_name": "<string>",
"language": "en",
"components": [
"<unknown>"
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.{your-broker}.slate-labs.com/messaging/conversations/start"
payload = {
"customer_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"template_name": "<string>",
"language": "en",
"components": ["<unknown>"]
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
customer_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
template_name: '<string>',
language: 'en',
components: ['<unknown>']
})
};
fetch('https://api.{your-broker}.slate-labs.com/messaging/conversations/start', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.{your-broker}.slate-labs.com/messaging/conversations/start",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'customer_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
'template_name' => '<string>',
'language' => 'en',
'components' => [
'<unknown>'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.{your-broker}.slate-labs.com/messaging/conversations/start"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"customer_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"template_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"language\": \"en\",\n \"components\": [\n \"<unknown>\"\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.{your-broker}.slate-labs.com/messaging/conversations/start")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"customer_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"template_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"language\": \"en\",\n \"components\": [\n \"<unknown>\"\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.{your-broker}.slate-labs.com/messaging/conversations/start")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"customer_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"template_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"language\": \"en\",\n \"components\": [\n \"<unknown>\"\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"detail": [
{
"loc": [
"<string>"
],
"msg": "<string>",
"type": "<string>"
}
]
}Messaging
Start Conversation
Start a new WhatsApp conversation with a customer by sending a template.
Creates the conversation record and sends the initial template message. Business-initiated conversations require a pre-approved template (WhatsApp policy).
POST
/
messaging
/
conversations
/
start
Start Conversation
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.{your-broker}.slate-labs.com/messaging/conversations/start \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"customer_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"template_name": "<string>",
"language": "en",
"components": [
"<unknown>"
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.{your-broker}.slate-labs.com/messaging/conversations/start"
payload = {
"customer_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"template_name": "<string>",
"language": "en",
"components": ["<unknown>"]
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
customer_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
template_name: '<string>',
language: 'en',
components: ['<unknown>']
})
};
fetch('https://api.{your-broker}.slate-labs.com/messaging/conversations/start', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.{your-broker}.slate-labs.com/messaging/conversations/start",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'customer_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
'template_name' => '<string>',
'language' => 'en',
'components' => [
'<unknown>'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.{your-broker}.slate-labs.com/messaging/conversations/start"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"customer_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"template_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"language\": \"en\",\n \"components\": [\n \"<unknown>\"\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.{your-broker}.slate-labs.com/messaging/conversations/start")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"customer_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"template_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"language\": \"en\",\n \"components\": [\n \"<unknown>\"\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.{your-broker}.slate-labs.com/messaging/conversations/start")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"customer_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"template_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"language\": \"en\",\n \"components\": [\n \"<unknown>\"\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"detail": [
{
"loc": [
"<string>"
],
"msg": "<string>",
"type": "<string>"
}
]
}⌘I