Welcome to the Periskope API documentation. Periskope APIs lets you extend the capabilities of WhatsApp and automate actions on your WhatsApp account and the Periskope platform. The Periskope API is designed based on REST principles has predictable, responsibly named URLs and returns simple JSON objects. Our APIs ensure straightforward and effective communication with your Periskope account, offering capabilities such as sending messages, raising tickets, creating groups etc. We encourage responsible usage of the APIs. Follow these best practices and recommendations for safe actions on WhatsApp - https://docs.periskope.app/get-started/best-practices

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Prerequisites

  1. Sign up for a free account on Periskope: To use the Periskope API, you need to have an active Periskope account. If you don’t have one, you can sign up for a 7-day free trial here.
  2. Scan the QR code from WhatsApp to connect your phone: A connected phone is required to use the APIs
  3. Generate an API Key: An API key is required for authentication and can be generated from your Periskope settings here.

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Setting up APIs on Postman 🔗

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Search for Periskope API Collection (Postman)

To begin, search for the Periskope Platform API collection on Postman or click here to open. This collection contains all the requests you need to work with our API.
Step 1

Search Periskope Platform API

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Create a fork

  • To fork the collection, right click on the collection.
  • Click on the Create a Fork button in the menu.
  • Now you can choose name of the collection and the workspace you want to add it to.
  • This will fork the collection into your workspace
Step 1

Create a fork

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Add headers

For Postman users, we’ve made setting up testing for Periskope APIs on Postman easy for you. You don’t need to pass x-phone or authorization header with each request.Just need to update orgPhone and apiKey in the collection variables in order to automatically pass the headers into each request.In case, you’re using any other tools for testing APIs, you’ll need to pass the headers manually for each request.

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If you’re using Postman, follow the steps given below -

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Update collection variables

  • You need to add apiKey and orgPhone variables in the collection. You can do this by clicking on the collection and then clicking on the Variables tab.
  • In the Variables tab, update the value of the apiKey you generated in the previous step.
  • You also need to update the value of orgPhone with your phone number (with country code and without any special characters) to validate an API request. For e.g. 919876512340.
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Done ✅

That’s it! Now you can start testing the Periskope APIs from your Postman collection.
Step 1

Update collection variables