List Templates

Retrieve your organization's WhatsApp templates, newest first. The list includes every template, whether it was created through this API, in the dashboard, or imported from Meta.

Endpoint

GET /whatsapp/templates

Returns: 200 OK

Headers

Header	Value	Required
Authorization	Bearer <your-api-key>	Yes

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
status	string	—	Only templates with this status, e.g. approved.
category	string	—	marketing, utility or authentication.
name	string	—	Exact template name. Returns one template per language it exists in.
limit	number	20	Items per page (min: 1, max: 100)
after	string	—	Cursor — return items after this id (exclusive).
before	string	—	Cursor — return items before this id (exclusive).

See Pagination for cursor details.

Response

{
  "object": "list",
  "has_more": false,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a",
      "name": "order_shipped",
      "language": "en",
      "category": "utility",
      "status": "approved",
      "rejection_reason": null,
      "parameters": [
        "first_name",
        "order_id"
      ],
      "components": [
        {
          "type": "HEADER",
          "format": "TEXT",
          "text": "Your order"
        },
        {
          "type": "BODY",
          "text": "Hi {{first_name}}, order {{order_id}} has shipped."
        },
        {
          "type": "FOOTER",
          "text": "Arsel Store"
        },
        {
          "type": "BUTTONS",
          "buttons": [
            {
              "type": "URL",
              "text": "Track",
              "url": "https://example.com/track"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "created_at": "2026-03-08T12:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-03-08T12:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ]
}

See Get Template for the field reference.

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Examples

cURL

curl "https://api.arsel.sa/v1/whatsapp/templates?status=approved" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ARSEL_API_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.arsel.sa/v1/whatsapp/templates?status=approved", {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.ARSEL_API_KEY}`,
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
if (!response.ok) {
  throw new Error(`${data.name}: ${data.message}`);
}

console.log(data);

Python

import os

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.arsel.sa/v1/whatsapp/templates?status=approved",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['ARSEL_API_KEY']}"},
)
response.raise_for_status()

print(response.json())

C#

using System.Net.Http.Headers;

var client = new HttpClient(); // share one instance across requests
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue(
    "Bearer", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ARSEL_API_KEY"));

var response = await client.GetAsync("https://api.arsel.sa/v1/whatsapp/templates?status=approved");
var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
    throw new HttpRequestException($"{(int)response.StatusCode}: {body}");

Console.WriteLine(body);

PHP

<?php
$ch = curl_init("https://api.arsel.sa/v1/whatsapp/templates?status=approved");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "Authorization: Bearer " . getenv("ARSEL_API_KEY"),
    ],
]);

$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE) >= 400) {
    throw new Exception("{$data['name']}: {$data['message']}");
}

print_r($data);

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Error Responses

422 Validation

{
  "status_code": 422,
  "name": "validation_error",
  "message": "status must be one of the following values: draft, pending, approved, rejected, paused, disabled"
}

401 Unauthorized

{
  "status_code": 401,
  "name": "unauthorized",
  "message": "Invalid API Key"
}