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WhatsApp Cloud API

The production-grade path: Meta's official Business Cloud API

After this videoYou can run a stable, official WhatsApp bot with no ban risk

WhatsApp Business Cloud API is the production path for connecting Hermes to WhatsApp. No Node.js bridge, no QR codes, no account-ban risk. Requires a Meta Business account, a public HTTPS URL for webhooks, and five credentials from the Meta dashboard.

About these resources. This episode explains how to set up WhatsApp Business Cloud API in Hermes. The Sources block names the Hermes docs page that backs every claim.

Sources · What this video distills

1 docs page · every command below traces to one of them

Primary guide

WhatsApp Business (Cloud API)

Commands shown · Copy and paste

each shows the source doc it came from

Run the setup wizardfrom source ↗

hermes whatsapp-cloud

Expose gateway via Cloudflare Tunnelfrom source ↗

cloudflared tunnel --url http://localhost:9119

Start the gatewayfrom source ↗

hermes gateway start

Going deeper · Related Hermes docs

further reading · not sources of facts shown above

WhatsApp (Baileys bridge)

The alternative: personal account, no public URL, but ban-prone.

Messaging Platforms overview

All messaging integrations at a glance.

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