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# Connect with 360Dialog

## WhatsApp + 360Dialog

In this help document, we will show you step by step how to get your WhatsApp Rapidbott set up.

### Checklist <a href="#checklist" id="checklist"></a>

In order to build your first WhatsApp chatbot on Rapidbott, you will need the below 3 things to get started

* [x] **Facebook Business Manager**: You will need to have a business manager account, if you don’t have it, you can still test the bot with the sandbox we offer. But the features will be limited.
* [x] **A new phone number** that hasn’t been used with WhatsApp: you can buy a new phone number or cancel your phone number for other BSP providers.
* [x] Connect the number to Rapidbott

That’s all you need to have to set up your first WhatsApp chatbot.

### Sign up with 360Dialog <a href="#sign-up-with-360dialog" id="sign-up-with-360dialog"></a>

Learn how to seamlessly integrate your 360Dialog WhatsApp Business API number with Rapidbott in this comprehensive tutorial. 👇

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## Connect 360Dialog with Rapidbott <a href="#connect-360dialog-with-uchat" id="connect-360dialog-with-uchat"></a>

After you log in to your 360Dialog dashboard, you can click the “Generate API key” button, and then you will get your API key and address in the pop-up window like the screenshot below:

<figure><img src="/files/ZCj4WFfF0IDFR0eeQqM2" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

In order to connect your 360Dialog account, you need to copy your phone number & API key, and then go to your dashboard, and go into the WhatsApp channel, click add new bots.

<figure><img src="/files/BJgNPOES2ku0qU0VMZIQ" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

You need select 360Dialog as the provider, and then paste your API keys and phone number. It should connect.

Then you can start building your first WhatsApp chatbot.