Urgent WhatsApp API Pipeline Fix

Job ID: 40563004

Budget: ₹1,500 – ₹12,500 INR

Everything for my WhatsApp bot is already online—the site is hosted, the HTML front end is live, and the code sits in a public GitHub repo—but the deployment pipeline is tripping over an API-key based authentication error. All I need is a sharp pair of eyes to jump in, trace the fault, and patch it fast.

Here’s the situation:
• The GitHub Actions workflow builds and deploys without complaints, yet every call to the WhatsApp API fails at the auth layer.
• Environment variables for the API key are present on the server, but the header never seems to reach the endpoint.
• I have two hours before a live demo, so speed and confidence with web hosting consoles, Git, and WhatsApp Cloud API conventions are a must.

What I expect by the end of the two-hour sprint:
• The authentication handshake passes cleanly with the existing API key.
• Any hard-coded or mis-mapped variables are corrected and committed to GitHub.
• A quick proof—sending and receiving a test message—to confirm the fix.
• A short note explaining what was changed so I can replicate it later.

You’ll have full repository access the moment you accept, plus SSH or cPanel credentials to the host. Let’s get this pipeline green again right away.