WhatsApp by Gupshup: Connecting your account

Skill level: Easy

Time required: 4 minutes

• WhatsApp by Gupshup account
• An app in the Gupshup account
• Credits in the Gupshup account

How to establish a connection with WhatsApp by Gupshup

You can click the following preview to watch a video of this article or continue with the guided walk-through:

1. Visit Gupshup's WhatsApp Dashboard and sign in using any of the Single Sign-On accounts.

2. Click on the Settings icon of the app that you that to connect with Quickwork: 
   
   
3. Scroll to the extreme bottom of the web page and copy the App name, API key, and Source number:
   
   
   
   
4. Go to Quickwork and choose the WhatsApp by Gupshup app from the App drop-down field in the Trigger section.
5. Select the trigger event that you want to perform.
6. To establish a connection, click on Link an account and enter the copied App name, API key, and Source number:
   
   
7. Click the Link account button to make a successful connection. Your connection will get established successfully.

8. Now, specify a random name for the trigger/action event in the Event name field, say demo. As soon as you do this, Quickwork will return a Callback Webhook URL as shown in the following figure:
   
   
   

9. Click the Copy URL button.

10. Go to your app created in Gupshup account and search for the Callback URL / Link your Bot section. Turn the toggle button ON, paste the copied callback URL in Enter your Callback URL field, and click Set:
    
    

11. Now the messages are ready to flow between WhatsApp and Conversation Management. and Quickwork is ready to notify you whenever a new text message or media is received via WhatsApp by Gupshup.