Catalogs

Overview

Catalogs are WhatsApp product catalogs backed by Meta’s Commerce Manager. Whatomate proxies catalog and product operations to the Meta Graph API and keeps a local mirror in your organization, so every create/update/delete both calls Meta and updates the local record. Each catalog is linked to a WhatsApp account by name.

Note

Prices are stored and returned in the smallest currency unit (cents). A price of 1999 with currency USD means $19.99.

List Catalogs

Retrieve all catalogs in your organization, ordered by name.

GET /api/catalogs

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
whatsapp_account	string	Filter by WhatsApp account name

Response

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "catalogs": [
      {
        "id": "uuid",
        "meta_catalog_id": "123456789",
        "whatsapp_account": "Main Business",
        "name": "Summer Collection",
        "is_active": true,
        "product_count": 12,
        "created_at": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "updated_at": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Get Catalog

Retrieve a single catalog with its products.

GET /api/catalogs/{id}

Response

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "id": "uuid",
    "meta_catalog_id": "123456789",
    "whatsapp_account": "Main Business",
    "name": "Summer Collection",
    "is_active": true,
    "product_count": 1,
    "products": [
      {
        "id": "uuid",
        "meta_product_id": "987654321",
        "name": "T-Shirt",
        "description": "Cotton t-shirt",
        "price": 1999,
        "currency": "USD",
        "url": "https://example.com/tshirt",
        "image_url": "https://example.com/tshirt.jpg",
        "retailer_id": "SKU-001",
        "is_active": true,
        "created_at": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "updated_at": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"
      }
    ],
    "created_at": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

Create Catalog

Create a catalog in Meta Commerce Manager and store it locally.

POST /api/catalogs

Request Body

{
  "whatsapp_account": "Main Business",
  "name": "Summer Collection"
}

Field	Type	Required	Description
whatsapp_account	string	Yes	Name of the WhatsApp account that owns the catalog
name	string	Yes	Catalog name

Response

Returns the created catalog (with product_count of 0).

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "id": "uuid",
    "meta_catalog_id": "123456789",
    "whatsapp_account": "Main Business",
    "name": "Summer Collection",
    "is_active": true,
    "product_count": 0,
    "created_at": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

Delete Catalog

Delete a catalog from Meta and locally. All products in the catalog are removed as well.

DELETE /api/catalogs/{id}

Caution

If the Meta deletion fails, the local catalog and its products are still removed.

Response

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "message": "Catalog deleted"
  }
}

Sync Catalogs

Fetch catalogs from the Meta Graph API for a WhatsApp account and create or update the local mirror.

POST /api/catalogs/sync

Request Body

{
  "whatsapp_account": "Main Business"
}

Field	Type	Required	Description
whatsapp_account	string	Yes	Name of the WhatsApp account to sync catalogs for

Response

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "message": "Catalogs synced",
    "synced": 3,
    "total": 3
  }
}

Field	Type	Description
synced	integer	Number of catalogs created or updated locally
total	integer	Number of catalogs returned by Meta

List Catalog Products

Retrieve all products in a catalog, ordered by name.

GET /api/catalogs/{id}/products

Response

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "products": [
      {
        "id": "uuid",
        "meta_product_id": "987654321",
        "name": "T-Shirt",
        "description": "Cotton t-shirt",
        "price": 1999,
        "currency": "USD",
        "url": "https://example.com/tshirt",
        "image_url": "https://example.com/tshirt.jpg",
        "retailer_id": "SKU-001",
        "is_active": true,
        "created_at": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "updated_at": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Create Product

Create a product in the catalog’s Meta catalog and store it locally.

POST /api/catalogs/{id}/products

Request Body

{
  "name": "T-Shirt",
  "description": "Cotton t-shirt",
  "price": 1999,
  "currency": "USD",
  "url": "https://example.com/tshirt",
  "image_url": "https://example.com/tshirt.jpg",
  "retailer_id": "SKU-001"
}

Field	Type	Required	Description
name	string	Yes	Product name
price	integer	Yes	Price in the smallest currency unit (cents). Must be greater than 0
description	string	No	Product description
currency	string	No	ISO 4217 currency code. Defaults to USD
url	string	No	Product landing page URL
image_url	string	No	Product image URL
retailer_id	string	No	Retailer SKU / external identifier

Response

Returns the created product (same shape as the product object above).

Get Product

Retrieve a single product.

GET /api/products/{id}

Response

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "id": "uuid",
    "meta_product_id": "987654321",
    "name": "T-Shirt",
    "description": "Cotton t-shirt",
    "price": 1999,
    "currency": "USD",
    "url": "https://example.com/tshirt",
    "image_url": "https://example.com/tshirt.jpg",
    "retailer_id": "SKU-001",
    "is_active": true,
    "created_at": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

Update Product

Update a product in Meta and locally. Only non-empty fields in the request body are applied to the local record.

PUT /api/products/{id}

Request Body

{
  "name": "Premium T-Shirt",
  "price": 2499,
  "currency": "USD"
}

Field	Type	Description
name	string	Product name
description	string	Product description
price	integer	Price in cents (applied only when greater than 0)
currency	string	ISO 4217 currency code
url	string	Product landing page URL
image_url	string	Product image URL
retailer_id	string	Retailer SKU / external identifier

Response

Returns the updated product object.

Delete Product

Delete a product from Meta and locally.

DELETE /api/products/{id}

Caution

If the Meta deletion fails, the local product is still removed.

Response

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "message": "Product deleted"
  }
}

See Also

• Accounts API - Manage the WhatsApp accounts that own catalogs