Next, fill in the name of your app and your email address, and then select the page/business that you want to associate with this app.In the screen that follows, select the app type Business.While logged in to your Meta developer account, navigate to.The first step to using any of Meta’s APIs is to create an app on the Meta dashboard, which is free to do. Step 1: Configuring our app on the Meta Developer dashboard You are knowledgeable in JavaScript and Node.js.You have a valid Meta developer account.Prerequisitesīefore we proceed, this article assumes that: The business will have a WhatsApp chatbot where customers can browse and buy from the ecommerce store.Įvery ecommerce store needs products (prices, names, descriptions etc.), and for this tutorial, we will use the dummy products from FakeStoreAPI. Our tutorial focuses on a simple mom-and-pop ecommerce shop that sells household items and fast fashion. Building sessions to store customer cartsīy the end of this tutorial, you will have created your own WhatsApp chatbot, as shown in the video below:.Understanding and responding to our customer’s intent.Step 2: Setting up Webhooks to receive messages.Step 1: Configuring our app on the Meta Developer dashboard.This tutorial will dive deep into the technical bits of building a WhatsApp chatbot from scratch through the following sections: This article intends to welcome you to Meta’s world of opportunities, where WhatsApp chatbots can help you generate leads, receive orders, schedule appointments, run surveys, take customer feedback, provide scalable customer support, send invoices and receipts, and more. In May 2022, Meta (the company formerly known as Facebook, which owns WhatsApp) announced that they were opening up the WhatsApp Business API to the public. Follow me on Twitter and GitHub Build an automated ecommerce app with WhatsApp Cloud API and Node.js
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