Calls
Preview Call Link
Looks up a call link’s metadata without joining the call
POST
Preview Call Link
Auth:
TokenAccount or TokenInstance • Rate-limit: Global (100/min) • Idempotent: yes
Description
Looks up the metadata of a call link without joining the call. Useful to show, before joining, who created the link and whether approval is required to join. Accepts either the bare token or the full link URL in thelink field.
Examples
Preview by full URL
Preview by token only
Thelink field also accepts the bare token, without the rest of the URL.
Success response
200 OK
approvalRequired indicates whether the link has a waiting room (participants must be approved before joining). isAdmin indicates whether this account is an admin of the link. creator and creatorPhoneNumber identify who created the link. This lookup does not join the call or change the link.Path parameters
string
required
Instance name (e.g.,
$Instance_Name).Headers
string
required
TokenAccount or TokenInstance.string
required
application/jsonRequest body
string
required
The link’s token or the full call link URL (e.g.,
https://call.whatsapp.com/audio/<token>).boolean
Optional hint indicating whether the link is a video link. Usually not needed, since the type is already returned in the response.
Errors
Error envelope: