Formatting Options

WhatsApp supports some formatting in messages. To format all or part of a message, use these formatting symbols:

Formatting Symbol Example Output
Bold Asterisk ( *) Your total is *$10.50 *. Your total is $10.50.
Italics Underscore ( _ ) Welcome to _ WhatsApp _ ! Welcome to WhatsApp!
Strike through Tilde ( ~ ) This is ~ better ~ best! This is better best!
Code Three backticks (```) ``` print 'Hello World'; ``` print 'Hello World';

Please Note

  • Emoji are also supported. List of supported emoji are at https://emojipedia.org/whatsapp/ . Copy the emoji symbol in the message when sending through API. Use data_encoding=Unicode_text when sending a message containing emoji and be mindful of the 1024-character limit for a Unicode message.