# Connect WhatsApp numbers (/docs/api-reference/whatsapp/importWhatsappNumbers) > Connects numbers from your own WhatsApp Business Account with your Meta access token. List them first with [Preview numbers](/docs/api-reference/whatsapp/previewWhatsappNumbers), then pass the ids you want. > **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). **POST** `/whatsapp/numbers` Connects numbers from your own WhatsApp Business Account with your Meta access token. List them first with [Preview numbers](/docs/api-reference/whatsapp/previewWhatsappNumbers), then pass the ids you want. The token must never expire and must carry both WhatsApp permissions (`whatsapp_business_management` and `whatsapp_business_messaging`). A system user token does. Add `app_secret` to receive replies. Without it the number can send but not receive. Connecting a number again updates it: send a new `access_token` or `app_secret` the same way to change either. One number failing does not stop the others. It is listed in `failed` with the reason. ```yaml operationId: importWhatsappNumbers requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object required: - waba_id - access_token - phone_number_ids properties: waba_id: type: string description: Your WhatsApp Business Account id, from WhatsApp Manager. access_token: type: string description: >- A Meta access token that never expires, with both WhatsApp permissions. Stored, never returned. phone_number_ids: type: array minItems: 1 items: type: string description: Meta's ids for the numbers to connect, as Preview numbers lists them. app_secret: type: string description: Your Meta app's secret. Turns on replies. Stored, never returned. example: waba_id: '102938475610293' access_token: EAAG... phone_number_ids: - '106540352242922' app_secret: 3f9c... responses: '200': description: The connected numbers, and any that failed. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: data: type: array items: 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`. receiving: type: boolean description: >- This request turned replies on. It is `false` when you did not send `app_secret`, even if replies were already on for the number. receiving_error: type: string nullable: true description: Why replies could not be turned on, when they could not. 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. '400': description: | `missing_fields` (`waba_id` or `access_token`), `invalid_json` (the body is not a JSON object), `invalid_parameter` (`phone_number_ids`), `token_invalid`, `token_expires`, `token_missing_permissions`, `invalid_request` (the account has no numbers, or Meta did not say which app the token belongs to), or `import_failed` (no number connected; `failed` says why for each). 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: This token expires on 27 Nov. Generate a new one set to never expire. code: token_expires request_id: req_5b8e2d1c7a94 '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 '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 '502': description: '`upstream_error`: Meta could not be reached or refused the request. Nothing was connected.' 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: Couldn't reach Meta to check this token. Please try again shortly. code: upstream_error request_id: req_2f7a9c4e1b63 ``` **curl** ```bash curl -X POST "https://backend.omnidim.io/api/v1/whatsapp/numbers" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $OMNIDIM_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "waba_id": "102938475610293", "access_token": "EAAG...", "phone_number_ids": [ "106540352242922" ], "app_secret": "3f9c..." }' ```