Meta WhatsApp Laravel Package

Direct Meta WhatsApp Cloud API integration for Laravel.

Features

• Webhook verification endpoint
• Inbound webhook handler
• Outbound text message endpoint
• Outbound template message endpoint
• HMAC validation with X-Hub-Signature-256
• Event dispatching for inbound webhook payloads
• Publishable config file

Package Structure

• src/WhatsAppServiceProvider.php: package bootstrapping
• src/Services/MetaWhatsAppClient.php: direct Meta Graph API client
• src/Http/Controllers/WhatsAppWebhookController.php: webhook verification and inbound handling
• src/Http/Controllers/WhatsAppMessageController.php: outbound message endpoints
• src/Events/WhatsAppWebhookReceived.php: event fired for inbound webhook payloads
• config/whatsapp.php: package configuration
• routes/api.php: package routes

Configuration

Environment variables used by the package:

WHATSAPP_BASE_URL=https://graph.facebook.com
WHATSAPP_GRAPH_VERSION=v24.0
WHATSAPP_ACCESS_TOKEN=
WHATSAPP_PHONE_NUMBER_ID=
WHATSAPP_BUSINESS_ACCOUNT_ID=
WHATSAPP_APP_SECRET=
WHATSAPP_WEBHOOK_VERIFY_TOKEN=
WHATSAPP_ROUTE_PREFIX=whatsapp

You can publish the config into the host Laravel app with:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=whatsapp-config

Published config path:

config/whatsapp.php

Routes

By default the package exposes these routes:

• GET /api/whatsapp/webhook
• POST /api/whatsapp/webhook
• POST /api/whatsapp/messages/text
• POST /api/whatsapp/messages/template

The whatsapp segment is configurable through WHATSAPP_ROUTE_PREFIX.

Usage

Verify webhook

Meta will call:

GET /api/whatsapp/webhook?hub.mode=subscribe&hub.verify_token=...&hub.challenge=...

The package validates the verify token and returns the challenge string.

Receive inbound webhooks

Meta will send webhook payloads to:

POST /api/whatsapp/webhook

If WHATSAPP_APP_SECRET is configured, the package validates the X-Hub-Signature-256 signature before accepting the request.

The package then dispatches:

SocialMedia\WhatsApp\Events\WhatsAppWebhookReceived

Send a text message

Request:

POST /api/whatsapp/messages/text
{
  "to": "254700000000",
  "body": "Hello from Laravel"
}

Send a template message

Request:

POST /api/whatsapp/messages/template
{
  "to": "254700000000",
  "name": "hello_world",
  "language": "en_US"
}

Extending in the Host App

Listen for the webhook event in your app to process messages, statuses, and delivery updates:

use SocialMedia\WhatsApp\Events\WhatsAppWebhookReceived;

Event::listen(WhatsAppWebhookReceived::class, function (WhatsAppWebhookReceived $event) {
    // Handle $event->payload
});

Meta Setup Checklist

1. Create a Meta app and enable the WhatsApp product.
2. Get an access token.
3. Get your Phone Number ID and WhatsApp Business Account ID.
4. Set the Meta webhook callback URL to your app's /api/whatsapp/webhook endpoint.
5. Set Meta's verify token to match WHATSAPP_WEBHOOK_VERIFY_TOKEN.
6. Subscribe the app to your WABA.

References

• Meta WhatsApp Cloud API Overview
• Meta WhatsApp Cloud API Get Started
• Meta WhatsApp Cloud API Postman Collection