Webhook Verification

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The verifyWebhook function verifies the webhook by ensuring that the token received in the request matches the one defined in your environment variables.

async function verifyWebhook({
  mode,
  token,
  challenge,
}: {
  mode: string;
  token: string;
  challenge: string;
}): {
  statusCode: 200 | 401
  body?: string
};

Parameters

• mode: The mode of the webhook verification request.
• token: The token defined in your environment variables.
• challenge: The challenge string received in the request.

Return

• statusCode: The status code to return in the response.
• body: The body to return in the response. It is the challenge string if the verification is successful.

Example usage

import { verifyWebhook } from 'ws-cloud-api/webhook'

app.get('/whatsapp-webhook', (req, res) => {
  const response = verifyWebhook({
    mode: req.query['hub.mode'],
    token: req.query['hub.verify_token'],
    challenge: req.query['hub.challenge'],
  })

  if (response.statusCode === 200) {
    res.status(200).send(response.body)
  } else {
    res.status(401).send('Verification failed')
  }
})