How to Automate Bulk WhatsApp Business Account Verification

说明与用途

一种异步批量验证电话号码是否为 WhatsApp 或 WhatsApp Business 账户的流程，支持精准分段而不阻塞主应用。

问题

Developers need to determine whether contacts use standard or WhatsApp Business accounts to segment outreach efficiently.

结果

Batch verification of thousands of phone numbers, returning clear flags for WhatsApp and Business account registration, enabling precise segmentation without blocking application threads.

工作流

• Prepare a plain text file with one E.164 phone number per line.
• Send a POST request to /v1/tasks with X-API-Key and task_type=ws_business, including the file.
• Store the returned task_id for tracking.
• Poll /v1/gettasks with the task_id until status is "exported".
• When exported, download the result_url file.
• Parse the CSV to extract number, whatsapp, and business flags.
• Integrate the flags into downstream data pipelines.
• Handle errors (400, 503) with retry logic and respect service limits.

证据

The API will return a task_id. Store this identifier, as it is required to track the progress of your batch.

来源

Once the status reaches exported, the response will contain a result_url. Download the file from this URL to access your processed data.

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