Know which WhatsApp templates are ready to use
Have Notis periodically retrieve your templates and summarize the available information so you can prepare upcoming outreach.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get message templates
Get all message templates for the whatsapp business account. templates are required for sending messages outside the 24-hour window and for marketing/utility messages.
Why this helps
Template status checks interrupt focused work when you discover an issue just as an outreach task is due.
- Review template information on a predictable cadence.
- Prepare for template-based outreach before it is needed.
- Reduce last-minute account checks.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect WhatsApp once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and add a name and prompt.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to retrieve the message templates and summarize their names and available status details for the outreach you describe.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real run and check the summary against your WhatsApp account.
Questions about this workflow
Does this check the status of a specific template?
This workflow retrieves the account's templates. For a specific template's detailed status, use the separate Get template status action if building a workflow around that need.
Can the workflow approve a template?
No. It can summarize returned template information, but WhatsApp handles template approval.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Affinda to Whatsapp. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Affinda triggers
Whatsapp actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create message template
Create a new message template for the whatsapp business account. templates must be approved by whatsapp before they can be used. templates are required for marketing messages and messages sent outside the 24-hour window.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Delete message template
Delete a message template from the whatsapp business account. this permanently removes the template and it cannot be recovered. only delete templates that are no longer needed.
Get business profile
Get the business profile information for a whatsapp business phone number. this includes business details like description, address, website, and contact info.
Get media
Get information about uploaded media including a temporary download url. the download url is valid for 5 minutes and can be used to retrieve the actual media file. this is useful for downloading media that was sent to your whatsapp number.
Get media info
Get metadata about uploaded media without generating a download url. this is useful for checking file size, type, and hash without downloading the file. use get media if you need the actual download url.
Get message templates
Get all message templates for the whatsapp business account. templates are required for sending messages outside the 24-hour window and for marketing/utility messages.
Get phone number
Get details of a specific phone number associated with a whatsapp business account.
Get phone numbers
Get all phone numbers associated with a whatsapp business account (waba).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Affinda and Whatsapp, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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