# CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate
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Creates a new WhatsApp message template from a custom definition.

**Note**  
 AWS End User Messaging Social does not store any WhatsApp message template content.

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /v1/whatsapp/template/put HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "id": "string",
   "templateDefinition": blob
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

## Request Body
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [id](#API_CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="Social-CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate-request-id"></a>
The ID of the WhatsApp Business Account to associate with this template.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 115.  
Pattern: `.*(^waba-.*$)|(^arn:.*:waba/[0-9a-zA-Z]+$).*`   
Required: Yes

 ** [templateDefinition](#API_CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="Social-CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate-request-templateDefinition"></a>
The complete template definition as a JSON blob.  
Type: Base64-encoded binary data object  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 6000.  
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "category": "string",
   "metaTemplateId": "string",
   "templateStatus": "string"
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [category](#API_CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="Social-CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate-response-category"></a>
The category of the template, such as UTILITY or MARKETING.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

 ** [metaTemplateId](#API_CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="Social-CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate-response-metaTemplateId"></a>
The numeric ID assigned to the template by Meta.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.  
Pattern: `[0-9]+` 

 ** [templateStatus](#API_CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="Social-CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate-response-templateStatus"></a>
The status of the created template, such as PENDING or APPROVED..  
Type: String

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** DependencyException **   
Thrown when performing an action because a dependency would be broken.  
HTTP Status Code: 502

 ** InternalServiceException **   
The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception, or failure.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** InvalidParametersException **   
One or more parameters provided to the action are not valid.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The resource was not found.  
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ThrottledRequestException **   
The request was denied due to request throttling.  
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** ValidationException **   
The request contains an invalid parameter value.   
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/CreateWhatsAppMessageTemplate)