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# Example of sending and processing a Poll

### Creating polls as an alternative to interactive buttons in WhatsApp

Interactive buttons in WhatsApp are a very handy tool for working with customers. For the user, polls and interactive buttons are functionally similar. And the mechanism of working with a poll is very similar to that of buttons. We have prepared a simple and easy to understand source code for you to implement in your survey response integration or bot.

#### A detailed article on how to use polls as buttons in WhatsApp:

<https://support.whapi.cloud/help-desk/how-to/how-to-use-polls-as-buttons>

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Simple and straightforward source code that you can use in your integration or survey response bot.
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