> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.orbit.devotel.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Send WhatsApp interactive message

> Send an interactive WhatsApp message (reply-buttons or list-menu) inside the 24h customer-service window — no template review required. The recipient's tap returns as button_reply/list_reply on the inbound webhook. `action` is either { buttons } (max 3 reply buttons) or { button, sections } (list menu, max 10 sections × 10 rows).



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.yaml post /api/v1/whatsapp/messages/send-interactive
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Devotel CPaaS API
  description: Orbit by Devotel — Communications Platform as a Service API
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Devotel
    url: https://devotel.io
    email: support@devotel.io
  license:
    name: Proprietary
servers:
  - url: https://api.orbit.devotel.io
    description: Production
security:
  - Bearer: []
  - ApiKey: []
tags:
  - name: Messages
    description: >-
      Send and manage messages across all channels (SMS, WhatsApp, RCS, Email,
      Viber, etc.)
  - name: Fax
    description: >-
      List and track fax (MMS/T.38) transmissions on Telnyx-backed fax numbers
      (sending flows through the Messaging API)
  - name: Agents
    description: AI agent creation, configuration, and execution
  - name: Voice
    description: Voice calls, IVR, conferencing, and SIP trunking
  - name: OnCall
    description: On-call rotations and escalation policy planning for incident alerting
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Webhook endpoint management and delivery logs
  - name: Numbers
    description: Phone number search, provisioning, and configuration
  - name: Brand Identity
    description: >-
      Unified cross-channel brand trust posture (10DLC, toll-free, WhatsApp,
      RCS, branded calling, number KYC)
  - name: Contacts
    description: Contact management, segmentation, and lifecycle tracking
  - name: Campaigns
    description: Marketing campaign orchestration and analytics
  - name: Flows
    description: Automation flow builder and execution engine
  - name: Templates
    description: Message template management and approval workflows
  - name: Settings
    description: Organization, channel, and user preference settings
  - name: Verify
    description: OTP generation and verification across channels
  - name: Push
    description: Push notification delivery via FCM and APNs
  - name: Integrations
    description: Third-party service connections and OAuth management
  - name: CDP
    description: >-
      Customer Data Platform — activation surface (CRM object sync, streaming
      destinations, ad-audience activation)
  - name: Files
    description: >-
      Server-to-server media upload, listing, retrieval, and deletion
      (signed-URL backed)
  - name: Commerce
    description: >-
      Omnichannel conversational-commerce — persistent cart + checkout state
      machine, channel-agnostic hosted pay-by-link, native WhatsApp checkout,
      and AP2-style agent payment mandates.
  - name: Sync
    description: >-
      Real-time shared-state primitive (Twilio Sync parity) — Documents, Maps,
      Lists, and ephemeral Streams, with change events relayed over the
      /api/v1/ws/sync WebSocket gateway
paths:
  /api/v1/whatsapp/messages/send-interactive:
    post:
      tags:
        - WhatsApp
      summary: Send WhatsApp interactive message
      description: >-
        Send an interactive WhatsApp message (reply-buttons or list-menu) inside
        the 24h customer-service window — no template review required. The
        recipient's tap returns as button_reply/list_reply on the inbound
        webhook. `action` is either { buttons } (max 3 reply buttons) or {
        button, sections } (list menu, max 10 sections × 10 rows).
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - to
                - body
                - action
              properties:
                to:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                  description: >-
                    Recipient E.164 phone number OR WhatsApp Business Solution
                    UID.
                header:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 60
                  description: Optional short header text (max 60 chars).
                body:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                  maxLength: 1024
                  description: Message body text (1-1024 chars).
                footer:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 60
                  description: Optional footer text (max 60 chars).
                action:
                  type: object
                  description: >-
                    Reply-buttons ({ buttons }) OR list-menu ({ button, sections
                    }).
                  anyOf:
                    - required:
                        - buttons
                      properties:
                        buttons:
                          type: array
                          minItems: 1
                          maxItems: 3
                          items:
                            type: object
                            required:
                              - id
                              - title
                            properties:
                              id:
                                type: string
                                minLength: 1
                                maxLength: 256
                              title:
                                type: string
                                minLength: 1
                                maxLength: 20
                    - required:
                        - button
                        - sections
                      properties:
                        button:
                          type: string
                          minLength: 1
                          maxLength: 20
                        sections:
                          type: array
                          minItems: 1
                          maxItems: 10
                          items:
                            type: object
                            required:
                              - rows
                            properties:
                              title:
                                type: string
                                maxLength: 24
                              rows:
                                type: array
                                minItems: 1
                                maxItems: 10
                                items:
                                  type: object
                                  required:
                                    - id
                                    - title
                                  properties:
                                    id:
                                      type: string
                                      minLength: 1
                                      maxLength: 200
                                    title:
                                      type: string
                                      minLength: 1
                                      maxLength: 24
                                    description:
                                      type: string
                                      maxLength: 72
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Default Response
components:
  securitySchemes:
    Bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: Dashboard JWT token from Clerk
    ApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      name: X-API-Key
      in: header
      description: Server-to-server API key (dv_live_sk_*)

````