WhatsApp API gateway for sending messages, marketing campaigns and bots for PHP, JavaScript and Python

Send a message

To a phone number connected to WhatsApp or to a group chat.

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$data = [
    'phone' => '79995253422', // Receivers phone
    'body' => 'Hello, Andrew!', // Message
];
$json = json_encode($data); // Encode data to JSON
// URL for request POST /message
$token = '83763g87x';
$instanceId = '777';
$url = 'https://api.chat-api.com/instance'.$instanceId.'/message?token='.$token;
// Make a POST request
$options = stream_context_create(['http' => [
        'method'  => 'POST',
        'header'  => 'Content-type: application/json',
        'content' => $json
    ]
]);
// Send a request
$result = file_get_contents($url, false, $options);

var request = require('request'); //bash: npm install request
// URL for request POST /message
var token = '83763g87x';
var instanceId = '777';
var url = `https://api.chat-api.com/instance${instanceId}/message?token=${token}`;
var data = {
    phone: '79995253422', // Receivers phone
    body: 'Hello, Andrew!', // Сообщение
};
// Send a request
request({
    url: url,
    method: "POST",
    json: data
});

// URL for request POST /message
var token = '83763g87x';
var instanceId = '777';
var url = `https://api.chat-api.com/instance${instanceId}/message?token=${token}`;
var data = {
    phone: '79995253422', // Receivers phone
    body: 'Hello, Andrew!', // Message
};
// Send a request
$.ajax(url, {
    data : JSON.stringify(data),
    contentType : 'application/json',
    type : 'POST'
});

curl \
-d '{"phone": "79995253422","body": "Hello, Andrew!"}' \ # Phone and message
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \ # Headers
-X POST \ # Type = POST
"https://api.chat-api.com/instance777/message?token=83763g87x" # URL for request POST /message

Read messages

History of WhatsApp conversations in personal and group chats, including before connecting the API.

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// URL for request GET /messages
$token = '83763g87x';
$instanceId = '777';
$url = 'https://api.chat-api.com/instance'.$instanceId.'/messages?token='.$token;
$result = file_get_contents($url); // Send a request
$data = json_decode($result, 1); // Parse JSON
foreach($data['messages'] as $message){ // Echo every message
    echo "Sender:".$message['author']."<br>";
    echo "Message: ".$message['body']."<br>";
}

var request = require('request');// npm install request
var token = '83763g87x';
var instanceId = '777';
var url = `https://api.chat-api.com/instance${instanceId}/messages?token=${token}`;
request(url, function (error, response, body) { // Make a GET request
    if (error) return console.error('HTTP Error', error);
    // Parse a response
    var data = JSON.parse(body);
    // For each message
    for (var i = 0; i < data.messages.length; i++) {
        var message = data.messages[i];
        console.log(message.author + ': ' + message.body); //Send it to console
    }
});

var token = '83763g87x';
var instanceId = '777';
var url = `https://api.chat-api.com/instance${instanceId}/messages?token=${token}`;
$.get(url, function (data) { // Make a GET request
    for (var i = 0; i < data.messages.length; i++) { // For each message
        var message = data.messages[i];
        console.log(message.author + ': ' + message.body); //Send it to console
    }
});

# Just a GET request
curl "https://api.chat-api.com/instance777/messages?token=83763g87x"

Set a Webhook

Receive notifications about personal and group messages through incoming http requests to your server. This is the main function for creating a chatbot.

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PHP
Node.js

// First of all - set a webhook to URL like http://your_website.com/my_webhook_url.php

// Parse a webhook data
$data = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true);
foreach($data['messages'] as $message){ // Echo every message
    // Handle every message here
    // Add to the database or generate a response
}

// First of all - set a webhook to URL like http://your_website.com/my_webhook_url

// Require Express JS и Body Parser for JSON POST acceptance
var app = require('express')();
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
app.use(bodyParser.json());

// Handle POST request
app.post('/my_webhook_url', function (req, res) {
    var data = req.body; // New messages in the "body" variable
    for (var i = 0; i < data.messages.length; i++) { // For each message
        var message = data.messages[i];
        console.log(message.author + ': ' + message.body); //Send it to console
    }
    res.send('Ok'); //Response does not matter
});

app.listen(80);

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