WhatsApp Call Permissions API
Use the **`/{Phone-Number-ID}/call_permissions`** endpoint to check whether you have permission to call a specific WhatsApp user and understand what calling-related actions are available.## Prerequisites* [User Access Token](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/access-tokens#usertokens) with **`whatsapp_business_messaging`** permission* `phone-number-id` for your registered WhatsApp Business Account* WhatsApp Cloud API Calling must be enabled for your phone number## Permission Status Types- **granted**: You have active permission to call this user- **pending**: A permission request has been sent but not yet approved by the user- **denied**: The user has denied call permissions for your business- **expired**: Previous permission has expired and needs to be renewed## Available Actions- **start_call**: Initiate a new call to this user (available when permission is granted)- **send_call_permission_request**: Send a permission request to this user (available when permission is denied or expired)## Rate LimitingThis endpoint has specific rate limits to prevent abuse. Exceeding the rate limit will result in error code 4 with subcode 2390008.## Error Handling- **403 Forbidden**: Calling is not enabled for your phone number - **429 Too Many Requests**: Rate limit exceeded for permission checks - **400 Bad Request**: Missing or invalid `user_wa_id` parameter
WhatsApp Call Permissions API is one of 74 APIs that WhatsApp publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 6 JSON Schema definitions.
Tagged areas include Call Permissions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, a GitHub repository, API documentation, and 6 JSON Schemas.
This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v23.0.
Requests are made against 4 base URLs: https://graph.facebook.com, https://graph.facebook.com, https://graph.facebook.com, https://graph.facebook.com.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
WhatsApp Call Permissions API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth).
bearerAuth— System user access token with whatsappbusinessmanagement permission. Format: Bearer YOURSYSTEMUSERACCESSTOKEN
Paths & Operations 1
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Use the /{Phone-Number-ID}/callpermissions endpoint to check whether you have permission to call a specific WhatsApp user and understand what calling-related actions are available…
Schemas 3
The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ErrorObject (3 properties), CallPermissionCheckResponsePayload (3 properties), ErrorResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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