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https://whatsapp.paaltech.org/api/v1/usage

Token ability: businesses.read · Authentication

Your PaalChat usage per day and type - message.sent, message.received, template.sent, media.processed, callback.delivered, api.request - for all your businesses or one, in the key's environment. Defaults to the last 30 days; at most a year per call. Meta bills WhatsApp messages separately, directly to each business.

Query parameters

from string

Format date.

to string

Format date.

business string

A business's external_id.

Responses

200

Usage per day and type.

401

unauthenticated - missing, invalid, revoked or expired token

403

missing_ability, product_suspended or product_token_required

404

not_found - not yours, or does not exist

422

validation_failed - fields are invalid; see errors.

429

rate_limited - over 300 requests/minute for this product

Errors always look like {"error": {"code", "message"}} - see Errors and status codes.

Language

Credentials

Authorization Bearer $PAALCHAT_TOKEN

Request

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://whatsapp.paaltech.org/api/v1/usage' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $PAALCHAT_TOKEN" \
  --header 'Accept: application/json'

const response = await fetch('https://whatsapp.paaltech.org/api/v1/usage', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.PAALCHAT_TOKEN}`,
    Accept: 'application/json',
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(response.status, data);

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::withToken(env('PAALCHAT_TOKEN'))
    ->acceptJson()
    ->get('https://whatsapp.paaltech.org/api/v1/usage');

$data = $response->json();

import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://whatsapp.paaltech.org/api/v1/usage",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['PAALCHAT_TOKEN']}", "Accept": "application/json"},
)

print(response.status_code, response.json())

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://whatsapp.paaltech.org/api/v1/usage')
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['Authorization'] = "Bearer #{ENV['PAALCHAT_TOKEN']}"
request['Accept'] = 'application/json'

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(request) }
puts response.code, JSON.parse(response.body)

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://whatsapp.paaltech.org/api/v1/usage", nil)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("PAALCHAT_TOKEN"))
	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")

	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()

	out, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	fmt.Println(res.StatusCode, string(out))
}

Try it with a test key

Only sk_test_ keys: requests reach your sandbox businesses, never real ones. The key is not saved.

Test key

Query string (optional)

Response

Response

{
  "data": {
    "from": "2026-09-03",
    "to": "2026-10-02",
    "business": "presec",
    "days": [
      {"date": "2026-10-01", "type": "message.sent", "quantity": 412},
      {"date": "2026-10-01", "type": "template.sent", "quantity": 398},
      {"date": "2026-10-01", "type": "message.received", "quantity": 57}
    ]
  }
}

{
  "error": {"code": "unauthenticated", "message": "A valid product token is required."}
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "missing_ability",
    "message": "This token does not have the ability this request needs."
  }
}

{"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Business not found."}}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "validation_failed",
    "message": "The external id field format is invalid. (and 1 more error)"
  },
  "errors": {
    "external_id": ["The external id field format is invalid."],
    "name": ["The name field is required."]
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "Too many requests. Slow down and retry after the Retry-After header."
  }
}