# Get a WhatsApp number (/docs/api-reference/whatsapp/getWhatsappNumber)

> One number, with its status, quality and messaging limit, and what it can send. A number in another workspace answers 404.

> **Set up WhatsApp first.** Connect a WhatsApp number in the dashboard or with [Connect numbers](/docs/api-reference/whatsapp/importWhatsappNumbers). Included on every paid plan. [See plans](https://omnidim.io/pricing).

**GET** `/whatsapp/numbers/{number_id}`

One number, with its status, quality and messaging limit, and what it
can send. A number in another workspace answers `404`.

```yaml
operationId: getWhatsappNumber
parameters:
  - in: path
    name: number_id
    required: true
    schema:
      type: integer
    description: |
      Id of a WhatsApp number in your workspace, from
      [listWhatsappNumbers](/docs/api-reference/whatsapp/listWhatsappNumbers).
      A number in another workspace answers `404`.
responses:
  '200':
    description: The number.
    content:
      application/json:
        schema:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: integer
              example: 412
            phone_number:
              type: string
              example: '+15551234567'
            provider:
              type: string
              enum:
                - meta
                - twilio
                - sensibot
                - interakt
              description: Who carries the number. `meta` is the WhatsApp Cloud API.
            name:
              type: string
              nullable: true
              description: The label you gave the number.
            status:
              type: string
              enum:
                - active
                - restricted
                - disconnected
              description: |
                `active` can send. `restricted` is limited by WhatsApp.
                `disconnected` is missing its credentials, so it cannot send.
            account_restriction:
              type: string
              nullable: true
              description: WhatsApp's own restriction on the account, when there is one.
            agent_id:
              type: integer
              nullable: true
              description: The agent that answers this number, when one is attached.
            quality_rating:
              type: string
              nullable: true
              description: WhatsApp's quality rating. Meta numbers only.
            messaging_limit:
              type: string
              nullable: true
              description: How many customers you can start chats with in 24 hours. Meta numbers only.
            capabilities:
              type: object
              description: What this number can send, and how its delivery status is learned.
              properties:
                types:
                  type: array
                  description: The message types this number can send. Always includes `text`.
                  items:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - text
                      - template
                      - image
                      - document
                reply_to:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Supports quoted replies, read receipts, typing and reactions.
                window_enforced:
                  type: boolean
                  description: >-
                    Free-form sends are refused outside the 24-hour window. True on WhatsApp Cloud
                    numbers.
                delivery_status:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - push
                    - polled
                    - none
                  description: >-
                    How sent status is learned. `push` is a webhook, `polled` is a periodic read,
                    `none` is not at all.
                template_sync:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Templates can be pulled from the provider with `syncWhatsappTemplates`.
  '400':
    description: >-
      A bad parameter or body. `code` says which, such as `invalid_parameter`, `invalid_json`,
      `invalid_limit` or `invalid_cursor`.
    content:
      application/json:
        schema:
          type: object
          description: |
            The error envelope for every WhatsApp route. Some errors add keys:
            `fields` (the template parameters a send still needs), `ref` (a
            500's support reference) and `failed` (on `import_failed`).
          properties:
            error:
              type: string
              description: Machine-readable category, such as `invalid_request`.
            error_description:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable explanation.
            code:
              type: string
              description: Stable, specific reason, such as `window_closed`.
            request_id:
              type: string
              description: >-
                Correlates this response with the server log. Also sent as the `X-Request-Id`
                header.
            fields:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
              description: >-
                On a template send missing parameters (`missing_fields`), the field keys you still
                need.
            ref:
              type: string
              description: On a `500`, the reference to quote to support.
            failed:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  phone_number_id:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: >-
                      This WhatsApp number is already connected to another account. Disconnect it
                      there first, then import it again. Contact support if you cannot access that
                      account.
              description: On `import_failed`, each number and why it could not be connected.
        example:
          error: invalid_request
          error_description: limit must be a whole number from 1 to 100.
          code: invalid_limit
          request_id: req_4a1c7d9e2f60
  '401':
    description: Missing or invalid API key.
    content:
      application/json:
        schema:
          type: object
          description: |
            The error envelope for every WhatsApp route. Some errors add keys:
            `fields` (the template parameters a send still needs), `ref` (a
            500's support reference) and `failed` (on `import_failed`).
          properties:
            error:
              type: string
              description: Machine-readable category, such as `invalid_request`.
            error_description:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable explanation.
            code:
              type: string
              description: Stable, specific reason, such as `window_closed`.
            request_id:
              type: string
              description: >-
                Correlates this response with the server log. Also sent as the `X-Request-Id`
                header.
            fields:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
              description: >-
                On a template send missing parameters (`missing_fields`), the field keys you still
                need.
            ref:
              type: string
              description: On a `500`, the reference to quote to support.
            failed:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  phone_number_id:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: >-
                      This WhatsApp number is already connected to another account. Disconnect it
                      there first, then import it again. Contact support if you cannot access that
                      account.
              description: On `import_failed`, each number and why it could not be connected.
        example:
          error: unauthorized
          error_description: Missing or invalid API key
          code: invalid_api_key
          request_id: req_6e2b9d4f1a38
  '403':
    description: |
      `feature_not_enabled` when your plan or role cannot use WhatsApp,
      `permission_denied` when the key's user cannot make changes, or
      `service_unavailable` when the account is on hold.
    content:
      application/json:
        schema:
          type: object
          description: |
            The error envelope for every WhatsApp route. Some errors add keys:
            `fields` (the template parameters a send still needs), `ref` (a
            500's support reference) and `failed` (on `import_failed`).
          properties:
            error:
              type: string
              description: Machine-readable category, such as `invalid_request`.
            error_description:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable explanation.
            code:
              type: string
              description: Stable, specific reason, such as `window_closed`.
            request_id:
              type: string
              description: >-
                Correlates this response with the server log. Also sent as the `X-Request-Id`
                header.
            fields:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
              description: >-
                On a template send missing parameters (`missing_fields`), the field keys you still
                need.
            ref:
              type: string
              description: On a `500`, the reference to quote to support.
            failed:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  phone_number_id:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: >-
                      This WhatsApp number is already connected to another account. Disconnect it
                      there first, then import it again. Contact support if you cannot access that
                      account.
              description: On `import_failed`, each number and why it could not be connected.
        example:
          error: forbidden
          error_description: You do not have permission to make changes to WhatsApp.
          code: permission_denied
          request_id: req_9f2c1a4b7d3e
  '404':
    description: |
      No number, conversation, message, template, media upload, agent,
      campaign, contact or opt-out with that id in your workspace. `code`
      says which. Another workspace's id gives the same answer.
    content:
      application/json:
        schema:
          type: object
          description: |
            The error envelope for every WhatsApp route. Some errors add keys:
            `fields` (the template parameters a send still needs), `ref` (a
            500's support reference) and `failed` (on `import_failed`).
          properties:
            error:
              type: string
              description: Machine-readable category, such as `invalid_request`.
            error_description:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable explanation.
            code:
              type: string
              description: Stable, specific reason, such as `window_closed`.
            request_id:
              type: string
              description: >-
                Correlates this response with the server log. Also sent as the `X-Request-Id`
                header.
            fields:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
              description: >-
                On a template send missing parameters (`missing_fields`), the field keys you still
                need.
            ref:
              type: string
              description: On a `500`, the reference to quote to support.
            failed:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  phone_number_id:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: >-
                      This WhatsApp number is already connected to another account. Disconnect it
                      there first, then import it again. Contact support if you cannot access that
                      account.
              description: On `import_failed`, each number and why it could not be connected.
        example:
          error: not_found
          error_description: WhatsApp number not found.
          code: number_not_found
          request_id: req_2c8e7a1d9b40
  '500':
    description: Something went wrong on our side. Quote `ref` to support.
    content:
      application/json:
        schema:
          type: object
          description: |
            The error envelope for every WhatsApp route. Some errors add keys:
            `fields` (the template parameters a send still needs), `ref` (a
            500's support reference) and `failed` (on `import_failed`).
          properties:
            error:
              type: string
              description: Machine-readable category, such as `invalid_request`.
            error_description:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable explanation.
            code:
              type: string
              description: Stable, specific reason, such as `window_closed`.
            request_id:
              type: string
              description: >-
                Correlates this response with the server log. Also sent as the `X-Request-Id`
                header.
            fields:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
              description: >-
                On a template send missing parameters (`missing_fields`), the field keys you still
                need.
            ref:
              type: string
              description: On a `500`, the reference to quote to support.
            failed:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  phone_number_id:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: >-
                      This WhatsApp number is already connected to another account. Disconnect it
                      there first, then import it again. Contact support if you cannot access that
                      account.
              description: On `import_failed`, each number and why it could not be connected.
        example:
          error: server_error
          error_description: >-
            Something went wrong on our side. Please try again shortly, or contact support with
            reference 9a1f3e8b02c4.
          ref: 9a1f3e8b02c4
          code: server_error
          request_id: req_9a1f3e8b02c4
```

**curl**

```bash
curl -X GET "https://backend.omnidim.io/api/v1/whatsapp/numbers/{number_id}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OMNIDIM_API_KEY"
```