> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.wavix.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Retrieve a WhatsApp sender > Returns the WhatsApp sender registered on your account for the given phone number, including its status, quality rating, messaging limit tier, and WhatsApp Business Account. Creating a template needs a connected sender, and the sender's `status` shows whether it's connected. **Behavior:** Returns `404` when no sender on your account has this phone number. **Requires:** Your account must have WhatsApp enabled, must have a subscription plan, and must not be blocked or suspended. ## OpenAPI ````yaml https://wavix.github.io/wavix-openapi/wavix-api.yaml get /v1/whatsapp/senders/{number} openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Wavix APIs description: >- Wavix provides robust APIs that let you integrate voice and text messaging features directly into your app. Send text, place calls, and access detailed reports programmatically. termsOfService: https://wavix.com/terms-and-conditions license: name: MIT identifier: MIT contact: name: Wavix url: https://wavix.com email: support@wavix.com version: 1.1.1 servers: - url: https://api.wavix.com description: https://api.wavix.com variables: {} security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: SIP trunks description: SIP trunks - name: Buy description: Numbers - name: Cart description: Numbers - name: My numbers description: Numbers - name: Billing description: Billing, transactions, and invoices - name: Profile description: Account profile and customer information - name: CDRs description: Call detail records and call history - name: Speech Analytics description: Call transcription and speech analytics - name: SMS and MMS description: Messaging - name: Number Validator description: Phone number validation - name: Link shortener description: Short link and click metrics - name: 2FA description: Two-factor authentication - name: 10DLC description: 10DLC Campaigns and Brands - name: API Keys description: API key management - name: Call webhooks description: Webhook configuration for call events - name: Call control description: Programmable Voice - name: Call streaming description: Real-time call audio streaming over WebSocket - name: Call recording description: Call recording - name: Sub-accounts description: Sub-account management - name: Voice campaigns description: Outbound voice campaigns - name: Wavix Embeddable description: WebRTC embeddable widget - name: WhatsApp description: WhatsApp senders, templates, and messages paths: /v1/whatsapp/senders/{number}: get: tags: - WhatsApp summary: Retrieve a WhatsApp sender description: >- Returns the WhatsApp sender registered on your account for the given phone number, including its status, quality rating, messaging limit tier, and WhatsApp Business Account. Creating a template needs a connected sender, and the sender's `status` shows whether it's connected. **Behavior:** Returns `404` when no sender on your account has this phone number. **Requires:** Your account must have WhatsApp enabled, must have a subscription plan, and must not be blocked or suspended. operationId: whatsapp_senders_get parameters: - name: number in: path required: true description: >- Phone number of a sender on your account, in E.164 format, as returned in `phone_number` by `whatsapp_senders_list`. The leading `+` is optional. schema: type: string pattern: ^\+?\d{6,20}$ example: '14155550100' responses: '200': description: The requested WhatsApp sender. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/WhatsAppSender' examples: default: summary: A connected sender value: phone_number: '+14155550100' display_name: Acme Support status: connected quality_rating: high message_tier: limit_2k waba: id: '102290129340398' name: Acme Support '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/WhatsAppUnauthorizedResponse' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/WhatsAppForbiddenResponse' '404': description: >- WhatsApp isn't available for your account or isn't enabled yet, or `number` doesn't match one of your senders. content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/WhatsAppProblem' examples: whatsapp-not-available: summary: WhatsApp is not available for this account value: type: https://wavix.com/problems/whatsapp-not-available title: WhatsApp Not Available status: 404 detail: WhatsApp is not available for this account. instance: 3a525ca2-6909-4c72-9399-905adf7f3a74 error_class: permanent error_code: WAVIX_WHATSAPP_NOT_AVAILABLE channel-not-enabled: summary: WhatsApp is not enabled yet for this account value: type: https://wavix.com/problems/channel-not-enabled title: Channel Not Enabled status: 404 detail: The WhatsApp channel is not enabled for this account. instance: 3a525ca2-6909-4c72-9399-905adf7f3a74 error_class: permanent error_code: WAVIX_CHANNEL_NOT_ENABLED sender-not-found: summary: No sender matches the given number value: type: https://wavix.com/problems/sender-not-found title: Sender Not Found status: 404 detail: No sender was found for that number on this account. instance: 3a525ca2-6909-4c72-9399-905adf7f3a74 error_class: permanent error_code: WAVIX_SENDER_NOT_FOUND '429': $ref: '#/components/responses/WhatsAppTooManyRequestsResponse' '500': $ref: '#/components/responses/WhatsAppInternalServerErrorResponse' '503': $ref: '#/components/responses/WhatsAppServiceUnavailableResponse' deprecated: false security: - bearerAuth: - whatsapp:read components: schemas: WhatsAppSender: title: WhatsAppSender description: >- A WhatsApp sender, which is a phone number registered with WhatsApp in one of your account's WhatsApp Business Accounts. Returned by `whatsapp_senders_list` and `whatsapp_senders_get`. required: - phone_number - display_name - status - quality_rating - message_tier - waba type: object additionalProperties: false properties: phone_number: type: string description: Sender's phone number in E.164 format. example: '+14155550100' display_name: type: - string - 'null' description: Sender's WhatsApp display name. example: Acme Support status: type: string description: >- Sender registration status with the provider. Possible values: - `banned` — The provider banned the sender. - `connected` — The sender can send messages within its messaging limit. - `deleted` — The sender was deleted. - `disconnected` — The sender is disconnected from the provider. - `flagged` — The sender's quality rating dropped to low. The status returns to `connected` if the rating returns to medium or high within seven days. - `migrated` — The sender was migrated. - `pending` — Registration with the provider is in progress. - `rate_limited` — The provider is rate limiting the sender. - `restricted` — The sender reached its messaging limit. It can't start new conversations until the 24-hour window resets, but it can still reply to customers who messaged it. - `unknown` — The provider hasn't reported a status. - `unverified` — The sender isn't verified. enum: - banned - connected - deleted - disconnected - flagged - migrated - pending - rate_limited - restricted - unknown - unverified example: connected quality_rating: type: - string - 'null' description: >- Sender's messaging quality rating. Meta rates quality from customer feedback over the past seven days, such as blocks and reports. Possible values: - `high` — High quality. - `medium` — Medium quality. - `low` — Low quality. - `unknown` — Not rated yet. enum: - high - medium - low - unknown - null example: high message_tier: type: - string - 'null' description: |- Sender's 24-hour outbound messaging limit tier. Possible values: - `limit_na` — No limit is set. - `limit_250` — Up to 250 unique customers. - `limit_2k` — Up to 2,000 unique customers. - `limit_10k` — Up to 10,000 unique customers. - `limit_100k` — Up to 100,000 unique customers. - `unlimited` — No limit on unique customers. enum: - limit_na - limit_250 - limit_2k - limit_10k - limit_100k - unlimited - null example: limit_2k waba: $ref: '#/components/schemas/WhatsAppWaba' WhatsAppProblem: title: WhatsAppProblem description: >- An RFC 9457 problem document that describes an error from the WhatsApp API. Returned with the `application/problem+json` content type. required: - type - title - status - detail - instance type: object additionalProperties: false properties: type: type: string description: URI that identifies the problem type. example: https://wavix.com/problems/whatsapp-not-available title: type: string description: Short, human-readable summary of the problem type. example: WhatsApp Not Available status: type: integer format: int32 description: HTTP status code of the response. example: 404 detail: type: string description: Human-readable explanation of this occurrence of the problem. example: WhatsApp is not available for this account. instance: type: string description: Request ID of this occurrence of the problem. example: 3a525ca2-6909-4c72-9399-905adf7f3a74 error_class: type: string description: >- Machine-readable classification of the error. Possible values: - `permanent` — The request can't succeed as sent. Retrying doesn't help. - `retriable` — The failure is temporary. Retrying can succeed. - `rate_limited` — The request was rate limited. Retry later. - `invalid_template` — The template content is invalid. enum: - permanent - retriable - rate_limited - invalid_template example: permanent error_code: type: string description: >- Stable machine-readable error code. It's the problem type slug in upper case with the `WAVIX_` prefix. example: WAVIX_WHATSAPP_NOT_AVAILABLE WhatsAppWaba: title: WhatsAppWaba description: >- A WhatsApp Business Account linked to your account, embedded in senders and templates. required: - id - name type: object additionalProperties: false properties: id: type: string description: ID of the WhatsApp Business Account. example: '102290129340398' name: type: - string - 'null' description: Name of the WhatsApp Business Account. example: Acme Support responses: WhatsAppUnauthorizedResponse: description: Authentication failed or wasn't provided. headers: {} content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/WhatsAppProblem' examples: authentication-required: summary: The API key or token is missing or isn't valid value: type: https://wavix.com/problems/authentication-required title: Authentication Required status: 401 detail: Authentication is required to access this resource. instance: 3a525ca2-6909-4c72-9399-905adf7f3a74 error_class: permanent error_code: WAVIX_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED WhatsAppForbiddenResponse: description: >- Returns when the account is suspended, blocked, or has no subscription plan, or the API key has no access to the endpoint. headers: {} content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/WhatsAppProblem' examples: account-suspended: value: type: https://wavix.com/problems/access-denied title: Access Denied status: 403 detail: The account is suspended. instance: 3a525ca2-6909-4c72-9399-905adf7f3a74 error_class: permanent error_code: WAVIX_ACCESS_DENIED access-denied: value: type: https://wavix.com/problems/access-denied title: Access Denied status: 403 detail: The API key has no access to this resource. instance: 3a525ca2-6909-4c72-9399-905adf7f3a74 error_class: permanent error_code: WAVIX_ACCESS_DENIED WhatsAppTooManyRequestsResponse: description: Returns when the account has exceeded its request rate limit. headers: Retry-After: description: Number of seconds to wait before retrying the request. schema: type: integer example: 30 content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/WhatsAppProblem' examples: rate-limited: value: type: https://wavix.com/problems/rate-limited title: Rate Limited status: 429 detail: Too many requests. Try again later. instance: 3a525ca2-6909-4c72-9399-905adf7f3a74 error_class: rate_limited error_code: WAVIX_RATE_LIMITED WhatsAppInternalServerErrorResponse: description: >- Returns when an unexpected error occurs on the server; the request may be retried. headers: {} content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/WhatsAppProblem' examples: internal-error: value: type: https://wavix.com/problems/internal-error title: Internal Error status: 500 detail: Internal Error instance: 3a525ca2-6909-4c72-9399-905adf7f3a74 error_class: retriable error_code: WAVIX_INTERNAL_ERROR WhatsAppServiceUnavailableResponse: description: >- Returns when the service is temporarily unavailable; the request may be retried. content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/WhatsAppProblem' examples: service-unavailable: value: type: https://wavix.com/problems/service-unavailable title: Service Unavailable status: 503 detail: The service is temporarily unavailable. instance: 3a525ca2-6909-4c72-9399-905adf7f3a74 error_class: retriable error_code: WAVIX_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE provider-unavailable: value: type: https://wavix.com/problems/provider-unavailable title: Provider Unavailable status: 503 detail: The provider is temporarily unavailable. instance: 3a525ca2-6909-4c72-9399-905adf7f3a74 error_class: retriable error_code: WAVIX_PROVIDER_UNAVAILABLE securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: > Wavix API key. Pass as `Authorization: Bearer `. Keys support per-resource scopes (none / read / write). See [Restricted keys and scopes](https://docs.wavix.com/api-reference/authentication#restricted-keys-and-scopes). ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.