Messages
Edit a sent text (≤15 min)
PATCH
/v2/messages/{messageId}- Scope:
messages:send - Idempotency-Key:optional
- number key ok— Also accepts the legacy per-number x-api-key, for its own number.
- sends messages
Your own text messages only; the new text passes the content rules.
Parameters
Path
| Name | Type | Constraints | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
messageIdrequired | Typestring | Constraints— | DescriptionMessage id returned by POST /v2/messages. |
Headers
| Name | Type | Constraints | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Idempotency-Keyoptional | Typestring | Constraints≤ 191 chars | DescriptionYour unique id for this operation (≤ 191 visible ASCII). A retry with the same key and body returns the first answer with Idempotent-Replayed: true — it never runs twice. Kept 24 h. |
X-Request-Idoptional | Typestring | Constraints— | DescriptionOptional: your own request id, echoed back (otherwise we generate req_…). Quote it to support. |
Body
| Name | Type | Constraints | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
textrequired | Typestring | Constraints— | DescriptionThe new text (your own text messages, ≤ 15 minutes old). Content rules are checked again. |
numberIdoptional | Typestring | Constraints— | DescriptionOnly for messages not sent through v2 (otherwise the ledger knows the number). |
Request
curl -X PATCH "https://mursilat.com/api/v2/messages/3EB0A1B2C3D4E5F60718" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $WASLA_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: order-1042-confirm" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"text": "الموعد اتغير لـ 5 مساءً"
}'const res = await fetch('https://mursilat.com/api/v2/messages/3EB0A1B2C3D4E5F60718', {
method: 'PATCH',
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.WASLA_API_KEY}`,
'Idempotency-Key': 'order-1042-confirm',
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"text": "الموعد اتغير لـ 5 مساءً"
}),
});
const data = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${data.error.code}: ${data.error.message}`);
console.log(data);import os
import requests
headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['WASLA_API_KEY']}", "Idempotency-Key": "order-1042-confirm"}
res = requests.patch(
"https://mursilat.com/api/v2/messages/3EB0A1B2C3D4E5F60718",
headers=headers,
json={
"text": "الموعد اتغير لـ 5 مساءً"
},
timeout=30,
)
data = res.json()
if not res.ok:
raise RuntimeError(f"{data['error']['code']}: {data['error']['message']}")
print(data)<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://mursilat.com/api/v2/messages/3EB0A1B2C3D4E5F60718');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'PATCH',
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
'Authorization: Bearer ' . getenv('WASLA_API_KEY'),
'Idempotency-Key: order-1042-confirm',
'Content-Type: application/json',
],
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'text' => 'الموعد اتغير لـ 5 مساءً'
], JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE),
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
$status = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
if ($status >= 400) { throw new Exception($data['error']['code'] . ': ' . $data['error']['message']); }
print_r($data);{
"text": "الموعد اتغير لـ 5 مساءً"
}Response
200Example
{
"messageId": "3EB0A1B2C3D4E5F60718",
"action": "edit"
}Response schema
Fields of the example answer. Expand objects and arrays.
responseobject2 fields
- messageIdstring "3EB0A1B2C3D4E5F60718"
- actionstring "edit"
Errors
Besides the authentication, rate-limit and validation errors every endpoint can return:
- 409MESSAGE_NOT_EDITABLEThis message cannot be edited / reacted to.
- 409MESSAGE_EDIT_WINDOW_PASSEDEdits are possible for 15 minutes.
- 409MESSAGE_NOT_SENT_YETThe message is scheduled and not sent yet.
Number Shield & behaviour
The new text passes the content rules again.
Try it
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documented examplePreview — this copy of the docs isn’t on mursilat.com, so the console shows the documented example instead of calling the API.
Real requests use your real number and plan: they can send WhatsApp messages, spend quota and delete data. (sends messages)
Kept only in this tab’s memory: never saved, never put in the URL, sent only to mursilat.com. Reloading the page forgets it.