[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":170},["ShallowReactive",2],{"pseo:glossary:index":3},{"seo":4,"terms":17,"tier":169,"url":11},{"breadcrumb":5,"canonical":12,"description":13,"h1":14,"lastmod":15,"title":16},[6,9],{"name":7,"url":8},"Home","\u002F",{"name":10,"url":11},"Glossary","\u002Fglossary\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fwapito.com\u002Fglossary\u002F","JIDs, LIDs, Channels, sessions, pairing codes and the rest of the WhatsApp vocabulary, defined plainly and tied to the endpoints that use them.","WhatsApp API glossary","2026-09-17","WhatsApp API Glossary | Wapito",[18,25,31,37,43,49,55,61,67,73,79,85,91,97,103,109,115,121,127,133,139,145,151,157,163],{"lead":19,"question":20,"slug":21,"term":22,"updated":23,"url":24},"A JID is the address WhatsApp uses internally for anyone or anything you can message.","What is a JID in WhatsApp?","jid","JID","2026-09-15","\u002Fglossary\u002Fjid\u002F",{"lead":26,"question":27,"slug":28,"term":29,"updated":23,"url":30},"A LID is a linked identity: a per-account identifier WhatsApp uses in place of a phone number so that people in groups and channels are not forced to reveal their number.","What is a LID in WhatsApp?","lid","LID","\u002Fglossary\u002Flid\u002F",{"lead":32,"question":33,"slug":34,"term":35,"updated":23,"url":36},"In Wapito a channel is one linked WhatsApp number together with everything attached to it: its session, its bearer token, its webhook endpoints, its settings and its usage counters.","What is a channel in Wapito?","channel","Channel","\u002Fglossary\u002Fchannel\u002F",{"lead":38,"question":39,"slug":40,"term":41,"updated":23,"url":42},"A session is the live connection between a WhatsApp engine and WhatsApp's servers on behalf of one linked number, plus the credentials and state that make it resumable.","What is a WhatsApp session?","session","Session","\u002Fglossary\u002Fsession\u002F",{"lead":44,"question":45,"slug":46,"term":47,"updated":23,"url":48},"A pairing code is an eight-character code you request for a phone number and then type into WhatsApp on that phone to link a new device.","What is a WhatsApp pairing code?","pairing-code","Pairing code","\u002Fglossary\u002Fpairing-code\u002F",{"lead":50,"question":51,"slug":52,"term":53,"updated":23,"url":54},"QR linking is the original way to attach a companion device: the engine renders a QR code, the phone's owner scans it from the linked-devices screen, and the device is added.","What is QR linking on WhatsApp?","qr-linking","QR linking","\u002Fglossary\u002Fqr-linking\u002F",{"lead":56,"question":57,"slug":58,"term":59,"updated":23,"url":60},"Newsletter is the protocol's name for what the app calls a Channel: a one-way broadcast that followers read but cannot reply to.","What is a WhatsApp newsletter?","newsletter","Newsletter","\u002Fglossary\u002Fnewsletter\u002F",{"lead":62,"question":63,"slug":64,"term":65,"updated":15,"url":66},"A Community is a container that groups several WhatsApp groups together under one name, with an announcement group that reaches every member at once.","What is a WhatsApp Community?","community","Community","\u002Fglossary\u002Fcommunity\u002F",{"lead":68,"question":69,"slug":70,"term":71,"updated":23,"url":72},"A webhook is an HTTP callback: instead of your code asking the API whether anything happened, the API posts the event to a URL you registered.","What is a webhook?","webhook","Webhook","\u002Fglossary\u002Fwebhook\u002F",{"lead":74,"question":75,"slug":76,"term":77,"updated":23,"url":78},"An ACK is an acknowledgement that a message has moved a step along its journey: accepted by the server, delivered to the recipient's device, or read by the recipient.","What is an ACK in WhatsApp?","ack","ACK","\u002Fglossary\u002Fack\u002F",{"lead":80,"question":81,"slug":82,"term":83,"updated":23,"url":84},"PTT stands for push-to-talk: the voice note you record by holding the microphone button in WhatsApp.","What is a PTT 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instead of starting at full speed.","What is WhatsApp number warm-up?","warm-up","Warm-up","\u002Fglossary\u002Fwarm-up\u002F",{"lead":110,"question":111,"slug":112,"term":113,"updated":23,"url":114},"A timelock is a temporary hold WhatsApp places on a number's ability to start new conversations.","What is a WhatsApp timelock?","timelock","Timelock","\u002Fglossary\u002Ftimelock\u002F",{"lead":116,"question":117,"slug":118,"term":119,"updated":23,"url":120},"A cold send is a first message to somebody who has never written to your number.","What is a cold send on WhatsApp?","cold-send","Cold send","\u002Fglossary\u002Fcold-send\u002F",{"lead":122,"question":123,"slug":124,"term":125,"updated":23,"url":126},"An invite code is the short string at the end of a chat.whatsapp.com link that lets anyone holding it join a group without being added by an admin.","What is a WhatsApp invite code?","invite-code","Invite 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updates strip above the WhatsApp chat list and vanishes after twenty-four hours.","What is a WhatsApp Status story?","status-story","Status story","\u002Fglossary\u002Fstatus-story\u002F",{"lead":152,"question":153,"slug":154,"term":155,"updated":15,"url":156},"A WhatsApp Business account is a number running the free WhatsApp Business app rather than the consumer app.","What is a WhatsApp Business account?","business-account","Business account","\u002Fglossary\u002Fbusiness-account\u002F",{"lead":158,"question":159,"slug":160,"term":161,"updated":23,"url":162},"The Cloud API is Meta's own hosted WhatsApp Business Platform API.","What is the WhatsApp Cloud API?","cloud-api","Cloud API","\u002Fglossary\u002Fcloud-api\u002F",{"lead":164,"question":165,"slug":166,"term":167,"updated":23,"url":168},"A BSP is a Business Solution Provider: a company Meta authorises to resell and support access to the official WhatsApp Business Platform.","What is a WhatsApp 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