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title: "WhatsApp API Incoming Messages"
slug: "whatsapp-api-incoming-messages"
updated: 2025-07-31T11:42:37Z
published: 2025-07-31T11:42:37Z
canonical: "docs.smarsh.com/whatsapp-api-incoming-messages"
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# WhatsApp API Incoming Messages

WhatsApp allows you to receive WhatsApp API messages sent by other services. WhatsApp Phone Capture archives the following WhatsApp API incoming message communication types:

| **Communication Type** | **Displayed in the Archive** |
| --- | --- |
| Incoming API message | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/20248637-fef6-4111-82b6-c3bf43c0155e/Images/Documentation/whatsapp-api-incoming-messages-image-g89bhfwp.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-10T16%3A44%3A28Z&se=2026-11-10T17%3A44%3A28Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=XSEcg4Lv2OfO0XjBIJA2HUDwoSfvfG4KBR5ea4tG2KY%3D) |
| Reaction on an incoming API message | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/20248637-fef6-4111-82b6-c3bf43c0155e/Images/Documentation/whatsapp-api-incoming-messages-image-2ozqj0kt.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-10T16%3A44%3A28Z&se=2026-11-10T17%3A44%3A28Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=XSEcg4Lv2OfO0XjBIJA2HUDwoSfvfG4KBR5ea4tG2KY%3D) |
| Delete an incoming API message | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/20248637-fef6-4111-82b6-c3bf43c0155e/Images/Documentation/whatsapp-api-incoming-messages-image-a5su4pn8.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-10T16%3A44%3A28Z&se=2026-11-10T17%3A44%3A28Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=XSEcg4Lv2OfO0XjBIJA2HUDwoSfvfG4KBR5ea4tG2KY%3D) |