WhatsApp Profile Picture API

What you get

Every profile-picture request returns:

• profilePic — direct URL to the full-resolution public profile picture (null if restricted).
• profilePicThumb — lower-resolution thumbnail, ideal for UI previews.
• isWhatsApp — boolean confirming the number is on WhatsApp at the time of the lookup.
• lastChecked — ISO 8601 timestamp of the lookup.

Example response

{
  "success": true,
  "isWhatsApp": true,
  "number": "13105551234",
  "profilePic": "https://pps.whatsapp.net/v/t61.24694-24/...",
  "profilePicThumb": "https://pps.whatsapp.net/v/t61.24694-24/...thumb",
  "name": "Jane Doe",
  "isBusiness": false,
  "lastChecked": "2026-04-24T12:34:56Z"
}

Who uses this endpoint

• CRM enrichment — attach a face to a phone number inside HubSpot, Pipedrive, or Salesforce.
• Fraud prevention — anonymous or stock-image profile pictures can be a signal for further review.
• Marketing automation — personalise WhatsApp Business outreach with the recipient's own picture in your internal dashboards.
• KYC & onboarding — confirm a registered WhatsApp identity alongside other identity signals.

Privacy & compliance

The API never bypasses WhatsApp privacy settings. If the target user has set their profile picture visibility to "nobody" or "my contacts", the profilePic field returns null. We never publish, store, or serve profile pictures of users who have not made them public. Customers are responsible for complying with GDPR, CCPA, and any jurisdictional data protection law that applies to their use of the returned data.

Pricing at a glance

Profile-picture lookups count as a single request against your plan. Pricing starts at free (50 req/mo) and scales to $0.005/request at MEGA tier. Full table on the pricing page.

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