whatsapp webhook

[zakkiblue]

I tried using it on Whatsapp webhook "The callback URL could not be validated

and in the ngrok Show error "405 methods not allowed"

[pravnkay]

That is because the default macro to create routes using

Route::webhooks('webhook-receiving-url');

creates only a post route.

While WhatsApp notifications are POST requests, the verification is a GET request

From WhatsApp Docs:
Anytime you configure the Webhooks product in your App Dashboard, we'll send a GET request to your endpoint URL. Verification requests include the following query string parameters, appended to the end of your endpoint URL.

EDIT:

Found a way.
Just add another route of GET type.

Route::
controller(VerificationController::class)
->group(function () {

	Route::get('/webhook-receiving-url', 	'verification')			->name('verification');

});

And in controller, verify the hub_verify_token value is the same as the one you have set and return a response like,

namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class VerificationController extends Controller
{
	public function verification(Request $request)
	{
		if($request['hub_verify_token'] === 'YOUR_SET_STRING_IN_WHATSAPP_DASHBOARD') {
			return response($request['hub_challenge'], 200);
		} else {
			return response('', 403);
		}
	}
}

Mine has been verified: