---
title: "bird whatsapp broadcasts"
description: "Send one approved template to a stored audience"
canonical: "https://bird.com/docs/cli/reference/whatsapp-broadcasts"
---

# `bird whatsapp broadcasts`

## Usage

```bash
bird whatsapp broadcasts
```

## Description

Recipients resolve when the send starts: members with a phone number, minus suppressed
contacts and, for a marketing template, United States numbers. Without a language, each
recipient gets the one for their phone number's country, or the template's default when
the template allows it.

Reads return JSON; list is paginated. Mutations take flags and/or a --body-file JSON body (flags overriding); run --example to print the body shape or --dry-run to preview the request. Destructive commands require --yes.

## Commands

| Name                                                                           | Description                                                 |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`cancel`](/docs/cli/reference/whatsapp-broadcasts-cancel)                     | Cancel a WhatsApp broadcast                                 |
| [`counts`](/docs/cli/reference/whatsapp-broadcasts-counts)                     | Get a WhatsApp broadcast's audience counts                  |
| [`create`](/docs/cli/reference/whatsapp-broadcasts-create)                     | Create a WhatsApp broadcast                                 |
| [`delete`](/docs/cli/reference/whatsapp-broadcasts-delete)                     | Delete a WhatsApp broadcast                                 |
| [`get`](/docs/cli/reference/whatsapp-broadcasts-get)                           | Get a WhatsApp broadcast                                    |
| [`list`](/docs/cli/reference/whatsapp-broadcasts-list)                         | List WhatsApp broadcasts                                    |
| [`list-recipients`](/docs/cli/reference/whatsapp-broadcasts-list-recipients)   | List recipients of a WhatsApp broadcast                     |
| [`preview`](/docs/cli/reference/whatsapp-broadcasts-preview)                   | Render a WhatsApp broadcast's message                       |
| [`pricing-estimate`](/docs/cli/reference/whatsapp-broadcasts-pricing-estimate) | Estimate the cost of a WhatsApp broadcast                   |
| [`send`](/docs/cli/reference/whatsapp-broadcasts-send)                         | Send a WhatsApp broadcast                                   |
| [`send-quota`](/docs/cli/reference/whatsapp-broadcasts-send-quota)             | Get the messaging limit for a WhatsApp broadcast            |
| [`test`](/docs/cli/reference/whatsapp-broadcasts-test)                         | Send a WhatsApp broadcast's previewed message to one number |
| [`update`](/docs/cli/reference/whatsapp-broadcasts-update)                     | Update a draft or scheduled WhatsApp broadcast              |
| [`validate`](/docs/cli/reference/whatsapp-broadcasts-validate)                 | Check whether a WhatsApp broadcast can send                 |

## Related resources

- [Should I use a Bird SDK or call the API directly?](/explained/platform/should-i-use-an-sdk-or-call-the-api-directly) (answer)
- [Build your first integration](/learn/paths/integration) (course)
- [Send your first email](/docs/get-started/send-your-first-email) (docs)

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