Mark messages as read

Mark a customer’s message as read so their WhatsApp shows blue ticks after your team has seen it.

At a glance

Item	Detail
`type`	`mark_as_read`
Channel support	Official and unofficial
`content.message_id`	Provider message ID of the inbound message

Request body

Field	Required	Description
`channel_id`	Yes	Sender channel ID
`to`	Yes	Recipient phone number (conversation peer)
`type`	Yes	`mark_as_read`
`content.message_id`	Yes	Message to mark as read

Example

curl -X POST "https://api.wazapin.com/v1/messages" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "channel_id": "wzp_abc123",
    "to": "6281234567890",
    "type": "mark_as_read",
    "content": {
      "message_id": "wamid.HBgL..."
    }
  }'

import { WazapinClient } from "@wazapin/sdk";

const wazapin = new WazapinClient({ apiKey: process.env.WAZAPIN_API_KEY! });

await wazapin.messages.read({
  channel_id: "wzp_abc123",
  message_id: "wamid.HBgL...",
  to: "6281234567890",
});

import requests

requests.post(
    "https://api.wazapin.com/v1/messages",
    headers={"X-Api-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
    json={
        "channel_id": "wzp_abc123",
        "to": "6281234567890",
        "type": "mark_as_read",
        "content": {"message_id": "wamid.HBgL..."},
    },
    timeout=30,
).raise_for_status()

Endpoint

POST https://api.wazapin.com/v1/messages

Authenticate with X-Api-Key. See Authentication.

Response

On success, the API returns 201 Created with a message record (status often starts as queued).

{
  "data": {
    "id": "9f1fd66d-c37a-4b50-a8c2-b4dca523f9c8",
    "channel_id": "wzp_abc123",
    "to_phone": "6281234567890",
    "type": "text",
    "status": "queued",
    "created_at": "2026-03-04T06:20:10Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-03-04T06:20:10Z"
  }
}

Track delivery with Webhooks or GET /v1/messages/{messageID}.