I am creating a manychat subscriber using api.
Create failed, attempting to FIND existing user. Error: {"status":"error","message":"Validation error","details":{"messages":{"wa_id":{"message":["This WhatsApp ID already exists: 91*********"]},
Now the frustrating thing is how do i get the subscriber id of this id so i can update some important fields that i need to communicate with this customer.
There is no search by wa_id feature available. And it would make more sense that when this error is thrown you should also give the subscriber id of the contact already in manychat.
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How to search a user via whatsapp ID
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My solution is to set a custom field with the value of the WhatsApp number, and set a rule so that whenever I have a new WhatsApp subscriber this rule triggers and sets the custom field with the WhatsApp value.
Then, I use the ‘findByCustomField’ endpoint to do the search and see if the user already exists.
Hope this helps!!
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