Mark WhatsApp Channel post as paid partnership

Whapi.Cloud allows you to add the native Paid Partnership label to a WhatsApp Channel post through API.

This is useful for sponsored posts, influencer campaigns, brand collaborations, and any Channel content that should be clearly marked as commercial.

Before you start

You need:

• An authorized Whapi.Cloud channel;

• A valid API token;

• The WhatsApp Channel ID in the @newsletter format;

• The Message ID of the Channel post you want to mark.

Example Channel ID: 120363298746512907@newsletter

In order to find out the identifier use the following method: GET /newsletters

Add the Paid Partnership label

Label newsletter message as paid partnershipWhapi Cloud - Whatsapp API for developers

Use: POST https://gate.whapi.cloud/newsletters/{NewsletterID}/messages/{MessageID}/paid_partnership

Replace:

• {NewsletterID} with the WhatsApp Channel ID;

• {MessageID} with the ID of the Channel post.

Example request

curl -X POST "https://gate.whapi.cloud/newsletters/120363298746512907@newsletter/messages/H7nK4pQ2vD9mX6aL3sT8wB1cR5yF0jE/paid_partnership" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <CHANNEL_TOKEN>" \
  -H "accept: application/json"

Result

After a successful request, WhatsApp marks the post as a paid partnership.

In the message data, this state is shown in the context object:

{
  "context": {
    "paid_partnership": true
  }
}

You can check the updated message state using the message retrieval methods or by processing webhook updates.

Important notes

• The method works with WhatsApp Channel posts only.

• The NewsletterID must end with @newsletter.

• Use the original Message ID returned when the Channel post was created.

• The label is displayed by WhatsApp as a native Paid Partnership marker.

• The label cannot be removed once added.