As well as the Mini App builder, you can create a native flow directly in WhatsApp Manager (Meta's own tooling) and send it to users through a bot. This route is more technical — you're building the flow as part of an approved template rather than in WA.Expert's visual editor.
Step 1: Build the flow in WhatsApp Manager
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In your WhatsApp API, click the three dots and select WA Manager.
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On the left menu, choose Message Templates → Create a Template.
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For template type, select Marketing → Form.
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Fill in the template name, language, and body.
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Use the drag-and-drop UI to design your flow: screens, questions, and buttons.
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Save the flow and submit it for Meta's approval.
Step 2: Connect it to a bot flow
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Before you start, create four custom fields in the CRM to hold the flow's responses.
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Once the template is approved, create a new bot flow in the Bot Builder and set a trigger keyword.
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Use the Interactive Flow option to ask a user question.
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Select the published flow from WA Manager, and paste in the flow ID and token.
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Configure the screen ID, the response save location, and the expected answer type.
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Save, enable, and test the bot flow.
Step 3: Process and export the data
When a user submits the flow, the response is saved into your custom fields as a single block of data — not automatically split into individual values.
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Use the Extract JSON from String automation to parse the response into separate custom fields.
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Export contacts from the CRM to get a clean, structured dataset of all responses.
When to use this vs the Mini App builder
Use WA Manager when a specific template requires a flow authored there, or your team already works in Meta's tooling. For most cases, the in-platform Mini App builder is faster and avoids the JSON extraction step — see the Create a Mini App guide.
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