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Class: Client

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Methods

B
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B(chatId, payload): Promise<MessageId>

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danger

Buttons are broken for the foreseeable future. Please DO NOT get a license solely for access to buttons. They are no longer reliable due to recent changes at WA.

Use a raw payload within your open-wa session

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chatIdChatId
payloadObject{any} returns: MessageId

Returns

Promise<MessageId>


acceptGroupJoinRequest

acceptGroupJoinRequest(messageId): Promise<boolean>

Accepts a request from a recipient to join a group. Takes the message ID of the request message.

Parameters

NameType
messageIdMessageId

Returns

Promise<boolean>


addLabel

addLabel(label, chatId): Promise<boolean>

Adds label from chat, message or contact. Only for business accounts.

Parameters

NameType
labelstring
chatIdChatId

Returns

Promise<boolean>


addParticipant

addParticipant(groupId, participantId): Promise<boolean>

Add participant to Group

If not a group chat, returns NOT_A_GROUP_CHAT.

If the chat does not exist, returns GROUP_DOES_NOT_EXIST

If the participantId does not exist in the contacts, returns NOT_A_CONTACT

If the host account is not an administrator, returns INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupIdGroupChatId'0000000000-00000000@g.us'
participantIdContactId | ContactId[]'000000000000@c.us'

Returns

Promise<boolean>


approveGroupJoinRequest

approveGroupJoinRequest(groupChatId, contactId): Promise<string | boolean>

Approves a group join request

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupChatIdGroupChatIdThe group chat id
contactIdContactIdThe contact id of the person who is requesting to join the group

Returns

Promise<string | boolean>

Promise<boolean>


archiveChat

archiveChat(id, archive): Promise<boolean>

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
idChatIdThe id of the conversation
archivebooleanboolean true => archive, false => unarchive

Returns

Promise<boolean>

boolean true: worked, false: didnt work (probably already in desired state)


autoReject

autoReject(message?): Promise<boolean>

Automatically reject calls on the host account device. Please note that the device that is calling you will continue to ring.

Update: Due to the nature of MD, the host account will continue ringing.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
message?stringoptional message to send to the calling account when their call is detected and rejected

Returns

Promise<boolean>


awaitMessages

awaitMessages(c, filter, options?): Promise<Collection<string, Message>>

[FROM DISCORDJS] Similar to createMessageCollector but in promise form. Resolves with a collection of messages that pass the specified filter.

Example

// Await !vote messages
const filter = m => m.body.startsWith('!vote');
// Errors: ['time'] treats ending because of the time limit as an error
channel.awaitMessages(filter, { max: 4, time: 60000, errors: ['time'] })
.then(collected => console.log(collected.size))
.catch(collected => console.log(`After a minute, only ${collected.size} out of 4 voted.`));

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
cChatId | Message | ChatThe Mesasge/Chat or Chat Id to base this message colletor on
filterCollectorFilter<[Message]>The filter function to use
options?AwaitMessagesOptionsOptional options to pass to the internal collector

Returns

Promise<Collection<string, Message>>


checkNumberStatus

checkNumberStatus(contactId): Promise<NumberCheck>

Checks if a number is a valid WA number

Parameters

NameType
contactIdContactId

Returns

Promise<NumberCheck>


checkReadReceipts
insiders

checkReadReceipts(contactId): Promise<string | boolean>

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Check if a recipient has read receipts on.

This will only work if you have chats sent back and forth between you and the contact 1-1.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
contactIdContactIdThe Id of the contact with which you have an existing conversation with messages already.

Returns

Promise<string | boolean>

Promise<string | boolean> true or false or a string with an explaintaion of why it wasn't able to determine the read receipts.


clearAllChats

clearAllChats(ts?): Promise<boolean>

Clears all chats of all messages. This does not delete chats. Please be careful with this as it will remove all messages from whatsapp web and the host device. This feature is great for privacy focussed bots.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
ts?numbernumber A chat that has had a message after ts (epoch timestamp) will not be cleared.

Returns

Promise<boolean>


clearChat

clearChat(chatId): Promise<boolean>

Delete all messages from the chat.

Parameters

NameType
chatIdChatId

Returns

Promise<boolean>

boolean


contactBlock

contactBlock(id): Promise<boolean>

Block contact

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
idContactId'000000000000@c.us'

Returns

Promise<boolean>


contactUnblock

contactUnblock(id): Promise<boolean>

Unblock contact

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
idContactId'000000000000@c.us'

Returns

Promise<boolean>


createCommunity
insiders

createCommunity(communityName, communitySubject, icon, existingGroups?, newGroups?): Promise\`${number}@g.us\`\

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Create a new community

Parameters

NameTypeDefault valueDescription
communityNamestringundefinedThe community name
communitySubjectstringundefined-
iconDataURLundefinedDataURL of a 1:1 ratio jpeg for the community icon
existingGroupsGroupChatId[][]An array of existing group IDs, that are not already part of a community, to add to this new community.
newGroups?NewCommunityGroup[]undefinedAn array of new group objects that

Returns

Promise\`${number}@g.us\`\


createGroup

createGroup(groupName, contacts): Promise<GroupChatCreationResponse>

Create a group and add contacts to it

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupNamestringgroup name: 'New group'
contactsContactId | ContactId[]-

Returns

Promise<GroupChatCreationResponse>


createLabel
insiders

createLabel(label): Promise<string | boolean>

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Adds label from chat, message or contact. Only for business accounts.

Parameters

NameType
labelstring

Returns

Promise<string | boolean>

false if something went wrong, or the id (usually a number as a string) of the new label (for example "58")


createMessageCollector

createMessageCollector(c, filter, options): MessageCollector

Returns a new message collector for the chat which is related to the first parameter c

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
cChatId | Message | ChatThe Mesasge/Chat or Chat Id to base this message colletor on
filterCollectorFilter<[Message]>A function that consumes a [Message] and returns a boolean which determines whether or not the message shall be collected.
optionsCollectorOptionsThe options for the collector. For example, how long the collector shall run for, how many messages it should collect, how long between messages before timing out, etc.

Returns

MessageCollector


createNewProduct
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createNewProduct(name, price, currency, images, description, url?, internalId?, isHidden?): Promise<Product>

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Add a product to your catalog

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
namestringThe name of the product
pricenumberThe price of the product
currencystringThe 3-letter currenct code for the product
imagesstring[]An array of dataurl or base64 strings of product images, the first image will be used as the main image. At least one image is required.
descriptionstringoptional, the description of the product
url?stringThe url of the product for more information
internalId?stringThe internal/backoffice id of the product
isHidden?booleanWhether or not the product is shown publicly in your catalog

Returns

Promise<Product>

product object


cutChatCache

cutChatCache(): Promise<{ after: { chats: number ; msgs: number } ; before: { chats: number ; msgs: number } }>

This simple function halves the amount of chats in your session message cache. This does not delete messages off your phone. If over a day you've processed 4000 messages this will possibly result in 4000 messages being present in your session. Calling this method will cut the message cache as much as possible, reducing the memory usage of your process. You should use this in conjunction with getAmountOfLoadedMessages to intelligently control the session message cache.

Returns

Promise<{ after: { chats: number ; msgs: number } ; before: { chats: number ; msgs: number } }>


cutMsgCache

cutMsgCache(): Promise<number>

This simple function halves the amount of messages in your session message cache. This does not delete messages off your phone. If over a day you've processed 4000 messages this will possibly result in 4000 messages being present in your session. Calling this method will cut the message cache to 2000 messages, therefore reducing the memory usage of your process. You should use this in conjunction with getAmountOfLoadedMessages to intelligently control the session message cache.

Returns

Promise<number>


darkMode

darkMode(activate): Promise<boolean>

Start dark mode [NOW GENERALLY AVAILABLE]

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
activatebooleantrue to activate dark mode, false to deactivate

Returns

Promise<boolean>


decryptMedia

decryptMedia(message): Promise<DataURL>

Decrypts a media message.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
messageMessageId | MessageThis can be the serialized MessageId or the whole Message object. It is advised to just use the serialized message ID.

Returns

Promise<DataURL>

Promise<[[DataURL]]>


deleteAllStatus

deleteAllStatus(): Promise<boolean>

Deprecated

Alias for deleteStory

Returns

Promise<boolean>


deleteAllStories
restricted

deleteAllStories(): Promise<boolean>

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Deletes all your existing stories.

Returns

Promise<boolean>

boolean. True if it worked.


deleteChat

deleteChat(chatId): Promise<boolean>

Delete the conversation from your WA

Parameters

NameType
chatIdChatId

Returns

Promise<boolean>

boolean


deleteMessage

deleteMessage(chatId, messageId, onlyLocal?): Promise<void>

Deletes message of given message id

Parameters

NameTypeDefault valueDescription
chatIdChatIdundefinedThe chat id from which to delete the message.
messageIdMessageId | MessageId[]undefinedThe specific message id of the message to be deleted
onlyLocalbooleanfalseIf it should only delete locally (message remains on the other recipienct's phone). Defaults to false.

Returns

Promise<void>

nothing


deleteStaleChats

deleteStaleChats(startingFrom?): Promise<boolean>

Deletes chats from a certain index (default 1000). E.g if this startingFrom param is 100 then all chats from index 100 onwards will be deleted.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
startingFrom?numberthe chat index to start from. Please do not set this to anything less than 10 @default: 1000

Returns

Promise<boolean>


deleteStatus

deleteStatus(statusesToDelete): Promise<boolean>

Deprecated

Alias for deleteStory

Parameters

NameType
statusesToDeletestring | string[]

Returns

Promise<boolean>


deleteStory
restricted

deleteStory(statusesToDelete): Promise<boolean>

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Consumes a list of id strings of stories to delete.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
statusesToDeletestring | string[]string [] | string an array of ids of stories to delete.

Returns

Promise<boolean>

boolean. True if it worked.


demoteParticipant

demoteParticipant(groupId, participantId): Promise<boolean>

Demote Admin of Group

If not a group chat, returns NOT_A_GROUP_CHAT.

If the chat does not exist, returns GROUP_DOES_NOT_EXIST

If the participantId does not exist in the group chat, returns NOT_A_PARTICIPANT

If the host account is not an administrator, returns INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupIdGroupChatId'0000000000-00000000@g.us'
participantIdContactId | ContactId[]'000000000000@c.us'

Returns

Promise<boolean>


download

download(url, optionsOverride?): Promise<DataURL>

A convinience method to download the DataURL of a file

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
urlstringThe url
optionsOverrideanyYou can use this to override the axios request config

Returns

Promise<DataURL>

Promise<DataURL>


downloadFileWithCredentials

downloadFileWithCredentials(url): Promise<Base64>

Download via the browsers authenticated session via URL.

Parameters

NameType
urlstring

Returns

Promise<Base64>

base64 string (non-data url)


downloadProfilePicFromMessage

downloadProfilePicFromMessage(message): Promise<Base64>

Download profile pics from the message object.

 const filename = `profilepic_${message.from}.jpeg`;
const data = await client.downloadProfilePicFromMessage(message);
const dataUri = `data:image/jpeg;base64,${data}`;
fs.writeFile(filename, mData, 'base64', function(err) {
if (err) {
return console.log(err);
}
console.log('The file was saved!');
});

Parameters

NameType
messageMessage

Returns

Promise<Base64>


editMessage

editMessage(messageId, text): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

NOTE: This is experimental, most accounts do not have access to this feature in their apps.

Edit an existing message

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
messageIdMessageIdThe message ID to edit
textContentThe new text content

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>


editProduct
insiders

editProduct(productId, name?, price?, currency?, images?, description?, url?, internalId?, isHidden?): Promise<Product>

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Edit a product in your catalog

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
productIdstringThe catalog ID of the product
name?stringThe name of the product
price?numberThe price of the product
currency?stringThe 3-letter currenct code for the product
images?DataURL[]An array of dataurl or base64 strings of product images, the first image will be used as the main image. At least one image is required.
description?stringoptional, the description of the product
url?stringThe url of the product for more information
internalId?stringThe internal/backoffice id of the product
isHidden?booleanWhether or not the product is shown publicly in your catalog

Returns

Promise<Product>

product object


emitUnreadMessages

emitUnreadMessages(): Promise<MessageId[]>

Fires all unread messages to the onMessage listener. Make sure to call this AFTER setting your listeners.

Returns

Promise<MessageId[]>

array of message IDs


forceRefocus

forceRefocus(): Promise<boolean>

This is a convinient method to click the Use Here button in the WA web session.

Use this when STATE is CONFLICT. You can read more about managing state here:

Detecting Logouts

Returns

Promise<boolean>


forceStaleMediaUpdate
insiders

forceStaleMediaUpdate(messageId): Promise<false | Message>

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If a file is old enough, it will 404 if you try to decrypt it. This will allow you to force the host account to re upload the file and return a decryptable message.

if you run this without a valid insiders key, it will return false and cause an error upon decryption.

Parameters

NameType
messageIdMessageId

Returns

Promise<false | Message>

Message OR false


forceUpdateConnectionState

forceUpdateConnectionState(killBeforeReconnect?): Promise<STATE>

Forces the session to update the connection state.

Parameters

NameType
killBeforeReconnect?boolean

Returns

Promise<STATE>

updated connection state


forceUpdateLiveLocation

forceUpdateLiveLocation(chatId): Promise<boolean | LiveLocationChangedEvent[]>

A list of participants in the chat who have their live location on. If the chat does not exist, or the chat does not have any contacts actively sharing their live locations, it will return false. If it's a chat with a single contact, there will be only 1 value in the array if the contact has their livelocation on. Please note. This should only be called once every 30 or so seconds. This forces the phone to grab the latest live location data for the number. This can be used in conjunction with onLiveLocation (this will trigger onLiveLocation).

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chatIdChatIdstring Id of the chat you want to force the phone to get the livelocation data for.

Returns

Promise<boolean | LiveLocationChangedEvent[]>

Promise<LiveLocationChangedEvent []> | boolean


forwardMessages

forwardMessages(to, messages, skipMyMessages): Promise<boolean | MessageId[]>

Forward an array of messages to a specific chat using the message ids or Objects

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatId'000000000000@c.us'
messagesMessageId | MessageId[]this can be any mixture of message ids or message objects
skipMyMessagesbooleanThis indicates whether or not to skip your own messages from the array

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId[]>


gc

gc(): Promise<void>

It calls the JavaScript garbage collector

Returns

Promise<void>

Nothing.


getAllChatIds

getAllChatIds(): Promise<ChatId[]>

retrieves all Chat Ids

Returns

Promise<ChatId[]>

array of [ChatId]


getAllChats

getAllChats(withNewMessageOnly?): Promise<Chat[]>

Retrieves all chats

Parameters

NameTypeDefault value
withNewMessageOnlybooleanfalse

Returns

Promise<Chat[]>

array of [Chat]


getAllChatsWithMessages

getAllChatsWithMessages(withNewMessageOnly?): Promise<Chat[]>

Deprecated

Retrieves all chats with messages

Please use getAllUnreadMessages instead of this to see all messages indicated by the green dots in the chat.

Parameters

NameTypeDefault value
withNewMessageOnlybooleanfalse

Returns

Promise<Chat[]>

array of [Chat]


getAllCommunities

getAllCommunities(): Promise\`${number}@g.us\`[]\

Retrieve all commmunity Ids

Returns

Promise\`${number}@g.us\`[]\

array of group ids


getAllContacts

getAllContacts(): Promise<Contact[]>

Retrieves all contacts

Returns

Promise<Contact[]>

array of [Contact]


getAllGroups

getAllGroups(withNewMessagesOnly?): Promise<Chat[]>

Retrieve all groups

Parameters

NameTypeDefault value
withNewMessagesOnlybooleanfalse

Returns

Promise<Chat[]>

array of groups


getAllLabels

getAllLabels(): Promise<Label[]>

Returns all labels and the corresponding tagged items.

Returns

Promise<Label[]>


getAllMessagesInChat

getAllMessagesInChat(chatId, includeMe, includeNotifications): Promise<Message[]>

Retrieves all Messages in a chat that have been loaded within the WA web instance.

This does not load every single message in the chat history.

Parameters

NameType
chatIdChatId
includeMeboolean
includeNotificationsboolean

Returns

Promise<Message[]>

Message[]


getAllNewMessages

getAllNewMessages(): Promise<Message[]>

Retrieves all new Messages. where isNewMsg==true

Returns

Promise<Message[]>

list of messages


getAllUnreadMessages

getAllUnreadMessages(): Promise<Message[]>

Retrieves all unread Messages. where ack==-1

Returns

Promise<Message[]>

list of messages


getAmountOfLoadedMessages

getAmountOfLoadedMessages(): Promise<number>

Easily get the amount of messages loaded up in the session. This will allow you to determine when to clear chats/cache.

Returns

Promise<number>


getBatteryLevel

getBatteryLevel(): Promise<number>

Retrieves Battery Level

Returns

Promise<number>

Number


getBlockedIds

getBlockedIds(): Promise<ChatId[]>

retrieves an array of IDs of accounts blocked by the host account.

Returns

Promise<ChatId[]>

Promise<ChatId[]>


getBusinessProfile

getBusinessProfile(id): Promise<BusinessProfile>

Get the business info of a given contact id

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
idContactIdid of business profile (i.e the number with @c.us)

Returns

Promise<BusinessProfile>

None


getBusinessProfilesProducts

getBusinessProfilesProducts(id): Promise<any>

Find any product listings of the given number. Use this to query a catalog

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
idContactIdid of business profile (i.e the number with @c.us)

Returns

Promise<any>

None


getChat

getChat(contactId): Promise<Chat>

Retrieves chat object of given contact id

Parameters

NameType
contactIdContactId

Returns

Promise<Chat>

contact detial as promise


getChatById

getChatById(contactId): Promise<Chat>

Retrieves chat object of given contact id

Parameters

NameType
contactIdContactId

Returns

Promise<Chat>

contact detial as promise


getChatWithNonContacts

getChatWithNonContacts(): Promise<Contact[]>

Returns a list of contact with whom the host number has an existing chat who are also not contacts.

Returns

Promise<Contact[]>


getChatsByLabel

getChatsByLabel(label): Promise<Chat[]>

Get an array of chats that match the label parameter. For example, if you want to get an array of chat objects that have the label "New customer".

This method is case insenstive and only works on business host accounts.

Label

The label name

Parameters

NameType
labelstring

Returns

Promise<Chat[]>


getCommonGroups
insiders

getCommonGroups(contactId): Promise<{ id: string ; title: string }[]>

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Retrieves the groups that you have in common with a contact

Parameters

NameType
contactIdContactId

Returns

Promise<{ id: string ; title: string }[]>

Promise returning an array of common groups { id:string, title:string }


getCommunityAdminIds

getCommunityAdminIds(communityId): Promise<{ admins: ContactId[] ; id: GroupChatId ; subgroup: boolean }[]>

Retrieves community admin Ids

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
communityIdGroupChatIdcommunity id

Returns

Promise<{ admins: ContactId[] ; id: GroupChatId ; subgroup: boolean }[]>


getCommunityAdmins

getCommunityAdmins(communityId): Promise<{ admins: Contact[] ; id: GroupChatId ; subgroup: boolean }[]>

Retrieves community admins as Contact objects

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
communityIdGroupChatIdcommunity id

Returns

Promise<{ admins: Contact[] ; id: GroupChatId ; subgroup: boolean }[]>


getCommunityInfo

getCommunityInfo(communityId): Promise<GroupMetadata & { subGroups: GroupMetadata[] }>

Returns the community metadata. Like group metadata but with a subGroups property which is the group metadata of the community subgroups.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
communityIdGroupChatIdcommunity id

Returns

Promise<GroupMetadata & { subGroups: GroupMetadata[] }>


getCommunityParticipantIds

getCommunityParticipantIds(communityId): Promise<{ id: GroupChatId ; participants: ContactId[] ; subgroup: boolean }[]>

Retrieves community members Ids

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
communityIdGroupChatIdcommunity id

Returns

Promise<{ id: GroupChatId ; participants: ContactId[] ; subgroup: boolean }[]>


getCommunityParticipants

getCommunityParticipants(communityId): Promise<{ id: GroupChatId ; participants: Contact[] ; subgroup: boolean }[]>

Retrieves community members as Contact objects

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
communityIdGroupChatIdcommunity id

Returns

Promise<{ id: GroupChatId ; participants: Contact[] ; subgroup: boolean }[]>


getConfig

getConfig(): ConfigObject

Get the config which was used to set up the client. Sensitive details (like devTools username and password, and browserWSEndpoint) are scrubbed

Returns

ConfigObject

SessionInfo


getConnectionState

getConnectionState(): Promise<STATE>

Returns the connection state

Returns

Promise<STATE>


getContact

getContact(contactId): Promise<Contact>

Retrieves contact detail object of given contact id

Parameters

NameType
contactIdContactId

Returns

Promise<Contact>

contact detial as promise


getEventSignature

getEventSignature(simpleListener?): string

Parameters

NameType
simpleListener?SimpleListener

Returns

string


getFeatures

getFeatures(): Promise<any>

Returns an object with properties of internal features and boolean values that represent if the respective feature is enabled or not.

Returns

Promise<any>


getGeneratedUserAgent

getGeneratedUserAgent(userA?): Promise<string>

Get the generated user agent, this is so you can send it to the decryption module.

Parameters

NameType
userA?string

Returns

Promise<string>

String useragent of wa-web session


getGptArray

getGptArray(chatId, last?): Promise<{ content: string ; role: "user" | "assistant" }[]>

Returns a properly formatted array of messages from to send to the openai api

Parameters

NameTypeDefault valueDescription
chatIdChatIdundefined-
lastnumber10The amount of previous messages to retrieve. Defaults to 10

Returns

Promise<{ content: string ; role: "user" | "assistant" }[]>


getGroupAdmins

getGroupAdmins(groupId): Promise<ContactId[]>

Get Admins of a Group

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupIdGroupChatId'0000000000-00000000@g.us'

Returns

Promise<ContactId[]>


getGroupApprovalRequests

getGroupApprovalRequests(groupChatId): Promise<ContactId[]>

Gets the contact IDs of members requesting approval to join the group

Parameters

NameType
groupChatIdGroupChatId

Returns

Promise<ContactId[]>

Promise<ContactId[]>


getGroupInfo

getGroupInfo(groupId): Promise<any>

Returns the title and description of a given group id.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupIdGroupChatIdgroup id

Returns

Promise<any>


getGroupInviteLink(chatId): Promise<string>

Retrieves an invite link for a group chat. returns false if chat is not a group.

Parameters

NameType
chatIdChatId

Returns

Promise<string>

Promise<string>


getGroupMembers

getGroupMembers(groupId): Promise<Contact[]>

Returns group members [Contact] objects

Parameters

NameType
groupIdGroupChatId

Returns

Promise<Contact[]>


getGroupMembersId

getGroupMembersId(groupId): Promise<ContactId[]>

Retrieves group members as [Id] objects

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupIdGroupChatIdgroup id

Returns

Promise<ContactId[]>


getHostNumber

getHostNumber(): Promise<string>

Retrieves the host device number. Use this number when registering for a license key

Returns

Promise<string>

Number


getIndicatedNewMessages

getIndicatedNewMessages(): Promise<Message[]>

Retrieves all unread Messages as indicated by the red dots in WA web. This returns an array of objects and are structured like so:

[{
"id": "000000000000@g.us", //the id of the chat
"indicatedNewMessages": [] //array of messages, not including any messages by the host phone
}]

Returns

Promise<Message[]>

list of messages


getInstanceId

getInstanceId(): string

Get the INSTANCE_ID of the current session

Returns

string


getIsPlugged

getIsPlugged(): Promise<boolean>

Retrieves whether or not phone is plugged in (i.e on charge)

Returns

Promise<boolean>

Number


getIssueLink(): Promise<string>

Generate a pre-filled github issue link to easily report a bug

Returns

Promise<string>


getKickedGroups

getKickedGroups(): Promise<GroupChatId[]>

Returns an array of group ids where the host account has been kicked

Returns

Promise<GroupChatId[]>


getLastMsgTimestamps

getLastMsgTimestamps(): Promise<{ id: ChatId ; t: number }[]>

Get an array of chatIds with their respective last message's timestamp.

This is useful for determining what chats are old/stale and need to be deleted.

Returns

Promise<{ id: ChatId ; t: number }[]>


getLastSeen

getLastSeen(chatId): Promise<number | boolean>

Retrieves the epoch timestamp of the time the contact was last seen. This will not work if:

  1. They have set it so you cannot see their last seen via privacy settings.
  2. You do not have an existing chat with the contact.
  3. The chatId is for a group In both of those instances this method will return undefined.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chatIdChatIdThe id of the chat.

Returns

Promise<number | boolean>

number timestamp when chat was last online or undefined.


getLicenseLink(params?): Promise<string>

Generate a license link

Parameters

NameType
params?string

Returns

Promise<string>


getLicenseType

getLicenseType(): Promise<false | LicenseType>

Returns the the type of license key used by the session.

Returns

Promise<false | LicenseType>


getListenerQueues

getListenerQueues(): Object

If you have set onAnyMessage or onMessage with the second parameter (PQueue options) then you may want to inspect their respective PQueue's.

Returns

Object

NameType
onAckdefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onAddedToGroupdefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onAnyMessagedefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onBatterydefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onBroadcastdefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onButtondefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onCallStatedefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onChatDeleteddefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onChatOpeneddefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onChatStatedefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onContactAddeddefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onGlobalParticipantsChangeddefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onGroupApprovalRequestdefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onGroupChangedefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onIncomingCalldefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onLabeldefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onLogoutdefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onMessagedefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onMessageDeleteddefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onNewProductdefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onOrderdefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onPluggeddefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onPollVotedefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onReactiondefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onRemovedFromGroupdefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onStateChangeddefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>
onStorydefault<default, DefaultAddOptions>

getMe

getMe(): Promise<any>

Returns an object with all of your host device details

Returns

Promise<any>


getMessageById

getMessageById(messageId): Promise<Message>

Retrieves message object of given message id

Parameters

NameType
messageIdMessageId

Returns

Promise<Message>

message object


getMessageInfo
insiders

getMessageInfo(messageId): Promise<MessageInfo>

🏅May require insiders license

Use this link to get the correct license.

Get the detailed message info for a group message sent out by the host account.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
messageIdMessageIdThe message Id

Returns

Promise<MessageInfo>


getMessageReaders

getMessageReaders(messageId): Promise<Contact[]>

Returns an array of contacts that have read the message. If the message does not exist, it will return an empty array. If the host account has disabled read receipts this may not work! Each of these contact objects have a property t which represents the time at which that contact read the message.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
messageIdMessageIdThe message id

Returns

Promise<Contact[]>


getMyLastMessage

getMyLastMessage(chatId?): Promise<Message>

Retrieves the last message sent by the host account in any given chat or globally.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chatId?ChatIdThis is optional. If no chat Id is set then the last message sent by the host account will be returned.

Returns

Promise<Message>

message object or undefined if the host account's last message could not be found.


getMyStatusArray

getMyStatusArray(): Promise<Message[]>

Deprecated

Alias for deleteStory

Returns

Promise<Message[]>


getMyStoryArray
restricted

getMyStoryArray(): Promise<Message[]>

🏅May require restricted license

Use this link to get the correct license.

Retrieves all existing stories.

Only works with a Story License Key

Returns

Promise<Message[]>


getOrder
insiders

getOrder(id): Promise<Order>

🏅May require insiders license

Use this link to get the correct license.

Retrieves an order object

Parameters

NameType
idstring | MessageId

Returns

Promise<Order>

order object


getPage

getPage(): Page

Returns

Page


getPollData

getPollData(messageId): Promise<PollData>

Returns poll data including results and votes.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
messageIdMessageIdThe message id of the Poll

Returns

Promise<PollData>


getProcessStats

getProcessStats(): Promise<any>

Get the stats of the current process and the corresponding browser process.

Returns

Promise<any>


getProfilePicFromServer

getProfilePicFromServer(chatId): Promise<string>

Retrieves chat picture

Parameters

NameType
chatIdChatId

Returns

Promise<string>

Url of the chat picture or undefined if there is no picture for the chat.


getSessionId

getSessionId(): string

Returns

string


getSessionInfo

getSessionInfo(): SessionInfo

Get the session info

Returns

SessionInfo

SessionInfo


getSingleProperty

getSingleProperty(namespace, id, property): Promise<any>

This allows you to get a single property of a single object from the session. This limints the amouunt of data you need to sift through, reduces congestion between your process and the session and the flexibility to build your own specific getters.

Example - get message read state (ack):

const ack  = await client.getSingleProperty('Msg',"true_12345678912@c.us_9C4D0965EA5C09D591334AB6BDB07FEB",'ack')

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
namespacenamespace
idstringid of the object to get from the specific namespace
propertystringthe single property key to get from the object.

Returns

Promise<any>

any If the property or the id cannot be found, it will return a 404


getSnapshot

getSnapshot(chatId?, width?, height?): Promise<DataURL>

Returns a PNG DataURL screenshot of the session

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chatId?ChatIdChat ID to open before taking a snapshot
width?numberWidth of the viewport for the snapshot. Height also required if you want to resize.
height?numberHeight of the viewport for the snapshot. Width also required if you want to resize.

Returns

Promise<DataURL>

Promise<DataURL>


getStarredMessages

getStarredMessages(chatId?): Promise<Message[]>

Retrieves the starred messages in a given chat

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chatId?ChatIdChat ID to filter starred messages by

Returns

Promise<Message[]>

message object


getStatus

getStatus(contactId): Promise<{ id: string ; status: string }>

Get the status of a contact

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
contactIdContactId{string} to '000000000000@c.us' returns: {id: string,status: string}

Returns

Promise<{ id: string ; status: string }>


getStickerDecryptable

getStickerDecryptable(messageId): Promise<false | Message>

Deprecated

Retrieves a message object which results in a valid sticker instead of a blank one. This also works with animated stickers.

If you run this without a valid insiders key, it will return false and cause an error upon decryption.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
messageIdMessageIdThe message ID message.id

Returns

Promise<false | Message>

message object OR false


getStoryViewers
restricted

getStoryViewers(id?): Promise<ContactId[] | { [k: MessageId]: ContactId[]; }>

🏅May require restricted license

Use this link to get the correct license.

Retrieves an array of user ids that have 'read' your story.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
id?stringstring The id of the story

Returns

Promise<ContactId[] | { [k: MessageId]: ContactId[]; }>


getTunnelCode

getTunnelCode(): Promise<string>

The EASY API uses this string to secure a subdomain on the openwa public tunnel service.

Returns

Promise<string>


getUnreadMessages

getUnreadMessages(includeMe, includeNotifications, use_unread_count): Promise<SingleChat & { messages: Message[] }[] & GroupChat & { messages: Message[] }[]>

Retrieves all unread Messages

Parameters

NameType
includeMeboolean
includeNotificationsboolean
use_unread_countboolean

Returns

Promise<SingleChat & { messages: Message[] }[] & GroupChat & { messages: Message[] }[]>

any


getUnsentMessages

getUnsentMessages(): Promise<Message[]>

Retreive an array of messages that are not yet sent to the recipient via the host account device (i.e no ticks)

Returns

Promise<Message[]>


getVCards

getVCards(msgId): Promise<string[]>

Extracts vcards from a message.This works on messages of typ vcard or multi_vcard

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
msgIdMessageIdstring id of the message to extract the vcards from

Returns

Promise<string[]>

[vcard]

[
{
displayName:"Contact name",
vcard: "loong vcard string"
}
]

or false if no valid vcards found.

Please use vcf to convert a vcard string into a json object


getWAVersion

getWAVersion(): Promise<string>

Returns

Promise<string>


ghostForward

ghostForward(to, messageId): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Ghost forwarding is like a normal forward but as if it were sent from the host phone [i.e it doesn't show up as forwarded.] Any potential abuse of this method will see it become paywalled.

Parameters

NameType
toChatId
messageIdMessageId

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Promise<MessageId | boolean>


healthCheck

healthCheck(): Promise<HealthCheck>

Runs a health check to help you determine if/when is an appropiate time to restart/refresh the session.

Returns

Promise<HealthCheck>


iAmAdmin

iAmAdmin(): Promise<GroupChatId[]>

Returns an array of group ids where the host account is admin

Returns

Promise<GroupChatId[]>


inviteInfo

inviteInfo(link): Promise<any>

Get the details of a group through the invite link

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
linkstringThis can be an invite link or invite code

Returns

Promise<any>


isChatMuted

isChatMuted(chatId): Promise<boolean>

Checks if a chat is muted

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chatIdChatIdThe id of the chat you want to check

Returns

Promise<boolean>

boolean. false if the chat does not exist.


isChatOnline

isChatOnline(chatId): Promise<string | boolean>

Checks if a chat contact is online. Not entirely sure if this works with groups.

It will return true if the chat is online, false if the chat is offline, PRIVATE if the privacy settings of the contact do not allow you to see their status and NO_CHAT if you do not currently have a chat with that contact.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chatIdChatIdchat id: xxxxx@c.us

Returns

Promise<string | boolean>


isConnected

isConnected(): Promise<boolean>

Retrieves if the phone is online. Please note that this may not be real time.

Returns

Promise<boolean>

Boolean


isGroupIdUnsafe
insiders

isGroupIdUnsafe(groupChatId): Promise<string | boolean>

🏅May require insiders license

Use this link to get the correct license.

Checks whether or not the group id provided is known to be unsafe by the contributors of the library.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupChatIdGroupChatIdThe group chat you want to deteremine is unsafe

Returns

Promise<string | boolean>

Promise <boolean | string> This will either return a boolean indiciating whether this group chat id is considered unsafe or an error message as a string


isPhoneDisconnected

isPhoneDisconnected(): Promise<boolean>

Check if the "Phone not Cconnected" message is showing in the browser. If it is showing, then this will return true.

Returns

Promise<boolean>

boolean


joinGroupViaLink(link, returnChatObj?): Promise<string | number | boolean | Chat>

Joins a group via the invite link, code, or message

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
linkstringThis param is the string which includes the invite link or code. The following work: - Follow this link to join my WA group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DHTGJUfFJAV9MxOpZO1fBZ - https://chat.whatsapp.com/DHTGJUfFJAV9MxOpZO1fBZ - DHTGJUfFJAV9MxOpZO1fBZ If you have been removed from the group previously, it will return 401
returnChatObj?booleanboolean When this is set to true and if the group was joined successfully, it will return a serialzed Chat object which includes group information and metadata. This is useful when you want to immediately do something with group metadata.

Returns

Promise<string | number | boolean | Chat>

Promise<string | boolean | number> Either false if it didn't work, or the group id.


joinWebBeta

joinWebBeta(join): Promise<boolean>

Join or leave the wa web beta program. Will return true of operation was successful.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
joinbooleantrue to join the beta, false to leave

Returns

Promise<boolean>


kill

kill(reason?): Promise<boolean>

Shuts down the page and browser

Parameters

NameTypeDefault value
reasonstring"MANUALLY_KILLED"

Returns

Promise<boolean>

true


leaveGroup

leaveGroup(groupId): Promise<boolean>

Removes the host device from the group

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupIdGroupChatIdgroup id

Returns

Promise<boolean>


listWebhooks

listWebhooks(): Promise<Webhook[]>

Retreives an array of webhook objects

Returns

Promise<Webhook[]>


loadAllEarlierMessages

loadAllEarlierMessages(contactId): Promise<Message[]>

Load all messages in chat object from server.

Parameters

NameType
contactIdContactId

Returns

Promise<Message[]>

Message[]


loadAndGetAllMessagesInChat

loadAndGetAllMessagesInChat(chatId, includeMe, includeNotifications): Promise<Message[]>

loads and Retrieves all Messages in a chat

Parameters

NameType
chatIdChatId
includeMeboolean
includeNotificationsboolean

Returns

Promise<Message[]>

any


loadEarlierMessages

loadEarlierMessages(contactId): Promise<Message[]>

Load more messages in chat object from server. Use this in a while loop. This should return up to 50 messages at a time

Parameters

NameType
contactIdContactId

Returns

Promise<Message[]>

Message []


loadEarlierMessagesTillDate

loadEarlierMessagesTillDate(contactId, timestamp): Promise<Message[]>

Load all messages until a given timestamp in chat object from server.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
contactIdContactId
timestampnumberin seconds

Returns

Promise<Message[]>

Message[]


logger

logger(): any

Grab the logger for this session/process

Returns

any


logout

logout(preserveSessionData?): Promise<boolean>

Logs out from the session.

Parameters

NameTypeDefault valueDescription
preserveSessionDatabooleanfalseskip session.data.json file invalidation Please be careful when using this as it can exit the whole process depending on your config

Returns

Promise<boolean>


markAllRead

markAllRead(): Promise<boolean>

Runs sendSeen on all chats

Returns

Promise<boolean>


markAsUnread

markAsUnread(chatId): Promise<boolean>

Sets a chat status to unread. May be useful to get host's attention

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chatIdChatIdchat id: xxxxx@c.us

Returns

Promise<boolean>


metrics

metrics(): Promise<any>

Returns some metrics of the session/page.

Returns

Promise<any>

Promise<any>


middleware

middleware(useSessionIdInPath?, PORT?): (req: Request<ParamsDictionary, any, any, ParsedQs, Record<string, any>>, res: Response<any, Record<string, any>>, next: NextFunction) => Promise<any>

This exposes a simple express middlware that will allow users to quickly boot up an api based off this client. Checkout demo/index.ts for an example How to use the middleware:


import { create } from '@open-wa/wa-automate';
const express = require('express')
const app = express()
app.use(express.json())
const PORT = 8082;

function start(client){
app.use(client.middleware()); //or client.middleware(true) if you require the session id to be part of the path (so localhost:8082/sendText beccomes localhost:8082/sessionId/sendText)
app.listen(PORT, function () {
console.log(`\n• Listening on port ${PORT}!`);
});
...
}

create({
sessionId:'session1'
}).then(start)

All requests need to be POST requests. You use the API the same way you would with client. The method can be the path or the method param in the post body. The arguments for the method should be properly ordered in the args array in the JSON post body.

Example:

  await client.sendText('4477777777777@c.us','test')
//returns "true_4477777777777@c.us_3EB0645E623D91006252"

as a request with a path:

const axios = require('axios').default;
axios.post('localhost:8082/sendText', {
args: [
"4477777777777@c.us",
"test"
]
})

or as a request without a path:

const axios = require('axios').default;
axios.post('localhost:8082', {
method:'sendText',
args: [
"4477777777777@c.us",
"test"
]
})

As of 1.9.69, you can also send the argyments as an object with the keys mirroring the paramater names of the relative client functions

Example:

const axios = require('axios').default;
axios.post('localhost:8082', {
method:'sendText',
args: {
"to":"4477777777777@c.us",
"content":"test"
}
})

Parameters

NameTypeDefault valueDescription
useSessionIdInPathbooleanfalseboolean Set this to true if you want to keep each session in it's own path. For example, if you have a session with id host if you set useSessionIdInPath to true, then all requests will need to be prefixed with the path host. E.g localhost:8082/sendText becomes localhost:8082/host/sendText
PORT?numberundefined-

Returns

fn

▸ (req, res, next): Promise<any>

Parameters
NameType
reqRequest<ParamsDictionary, any, any, ParsedQs, Record<string, any>>
resResponse<any, Record<string, any>>
nextNextFunction
Returns

Promise<any>


muteChat
insiders

muteChat(chatId, muteDuration): Promise<string | number | boolean>

🏅May require insiders license

Use this link to get the correct license.

Mutes a conversation for a given duration. If already muted, this will update the muted duration. Mute durations are relative from when the method is called.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chatIdChatIdThe id of the conversation you want to mute
muteDurationChatMuteDurationChatMuteDuration enum of the time you want this chat to be muted for.

Returns

Promise<string | number | boolean>

boolean true: worked or error code or message


onNewProduct
insiders

onNewProduct(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

🏅May require insiders license

Use this link to get the correct license.

Listens to new orders. Only works on business accounts

Parameters

NameType
fn(product: Product) => void

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>


onOrder
insiders

onOrder(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

🏅May require insiders license

Use this link to get the correct license.

Listens to new orders. Only works on business accounts

Parameters

NameType
fn(order: Order) => void

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>


pinChat

pinChat(id, pin): Promise<boolean>

Pin/Unpin chats

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
idChatIdThe id of the conversation
pinboolean-

Returns

Promise<boolean>

boolean true: worked


postImageStatus

postImageStatus(data, caption): Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>

Deprecated

danger

Status features are broken for now. Please join our discord community for updates.

REQUIRES AN IMAGE STORY LICENSE-KEY

Posts an image story.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
dataDataURLdata url string data:[<MIME-type>][;charset=<encoding>][;base64],<data>
captionContentThe caption for the story

Returns

Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>

Promise<string | boolean> returns status id if it worked, false if it didn't


postTextStatus

postTextStatus(text, textRgba, backgroundRgba, font): Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>

Deprecated

danger

Status features are broken for now. Please join our discord community for updates.

REQUIRES A TEXT STORY LICENSE-KEY

Sends a formatted text story.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
textContentThe text to be displayed in the story
textRgbastringThe colour of the text in the story in hex format, make sure to add the alpha value also. E.g "#FF00F4F2"
backgroundRgbastringThe colour of the background in the story in hex format, make sure to add the alpha value also. E.g "#4FF31FF2"
fontnumberThe font of the text to be used in the story. This has to be a number. Each number refers to a specific predetermined font. Here are the fonts you can choose from: 0: Sans Serif 1: Serif 2: Norican Regular 3: Bryndan Write 4: Bebasneue Regular 5: Oswald Heavy

Returns

Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>

Promise<string | boolean> returns status id if it worked, false if it didn't


postVideoStatus

postVideoStatus(data, caption): Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>

Deprecated

danger

Status features are broken for now. Please join our discord community for updates.

REQUIRES A VIDEO STORY LICENSE-KEY

Posts a video story.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
dataDataURLdata url string data:[<MIME-type>][;charset=<encoding>][;base64],<data>
captionContentThe caption for the story

Returns

Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>

Promise<string | boolean> returns status id if it worked, false if it didn't


prepEventData

prepEventData(data, event, extras?): EventPayload

Parameters

NameType
dataJsonObject
eventSimpleListener
extras?JsonObject

Returns

EventPayload


promoteParticipant

promoteParticipant(groupId, participantId): Promise<boolean>

Promote Participant to Admin in Group

If not a group chat, returns NOT_A_GROUP_CHAT.

If the chat does not exist, returns GROUP_DOES_NOT_EXIST

If the participantId does not exist in the group chat, returns NOT_A_PARTICIPANT

If the host account is not an administrator, returns INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupIdGroupChatId'0000000000-00000000@g.us'
participantIdContactId | ContactId[]'000000000000@c.us'

Returns

Promise<boolean>


react

react(messageId, emoji): Promise<boolean>

React to a message

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
messageIdMessageIdMessage ID of the message you want to react to
emojistring1 single emoji to add to the message as a reacion

Returns

Promise<boolean>

boolean


refresh

refresh(): Promise<boolean>

Refreshes the page and reinjects all necessary files. This may be useful for when trying to save memory This will attempt to re register all listeners EXCEPT onLiveLocation and onParticipantChanged

Returns

Promise<boolean>


registerWebhook

registerWebhook(url, events, requestConfig?, concurrency?): Promise<false | Webhook>

The client can now automatically handle webhooks. Use this method to register webhooks.

Parameters

NameTypeDefault valueDescription
urlstringundefinedThe webhook url
eventsSimpleListener[] | "all"undefinedAn array of SimpleListener enums or all (to register all possible listeners)
requestConfigAxiosRequestConfig<any>{}{} By default the request is a post request, however you can override that and many other options by sending this parameter. You can read more about this parameter here: https://github.com/axios/axios#request-config
concurrencynumber5the amount of concurrent requests to be handled by the built in queue. Default is 5.

Returns

Promise<false | Webhook>

A webhook object. This will include a webhook ID and an array of all successfully registered Listeners.


rejectGroupJoinRequest

rejectGroupJoinRequest(groupChatId, contactId): Promise<string | boolean>

Rejects a group join request

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupChatIdGroupChatIdThe group chat id *
contactIdContactIdThe contact id of the person who is requesting to join the group *

Returns

Promise<string | boolean>

Promise<boolean>


removeAllListeners

removeAllListeners(): boolean

Returns

boolean


removeLabel

removeLabel(label, chatId): Promise<boolean>

Removes label from chat, message or contact. Only for business accounts.

Parameters

NameType
labelstring
chatIdChatId

Returns

Promise<boolean>


removeListener

removeListener(listener): boolean

//////////////////////// LISTENERS

Parameters

NameType
listenerSimpleListener

Returns

boolean


removeParticipant

removeParticipant(groupId, participantId): Promise<boolean>

Remove participant of Group

If not a group chat, returns NOT_A_GROUP_CHAT.

If the chat does not exist, returns GROUP_DOES_NOT_EXIST

If the participantId does not exist in the group chat, returns NOT_A_PARTICIPANT

If the host account is not an administrator, returns INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupIdGroupChatId0000000000-00000000@g.us
participantIdContactId000000000000@c.us

Returns

Promise<boolean>


removeProduct

removeProduct(productId): Promise<boolean>

Remove a product from the host account's catalog

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
productIdstringThe id of the product

Returns

Promise<boolean>

boolean


removeWebhook

removeWebhook(webhookId): Promise<boolean>

Removes a webhook.

Returns true if the webhook was found and removed. false if the webhook was not found and therefore could not be removed. This does not unregister any listeners off of other webhooks.

Retruns

boolean

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
webhookIdstringThe ID of the webhook

Returns

Promise<boolean>


reply

reply(to, content, quotedMsgId, sendSeen?): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Sends a reply to a given message. Please note, you need to have at least sent one normal message to a contact in order for this to work properly.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdstring chatid
contentContentstring reply text
quotedMsgIdMessageIdstring the msg id to reply to.
sendSeen?booleanboolean If set to true, the chat will 'blue tick' all messages before sending the reply

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Promise<MessageId | false> false if didn't work, otherwise returns message id.


reportSpam
restricted

reportSpam(id): Promise<boolean>

🏅May require restricted license

Use this link to get the correct license.

Report a contact for spam, block them and attempt to clear chat.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
idChatId'000000000000@c.us'

Returns

Promise<boolean>


resizePage

resizePage(width?, height?): Promise<boolean>

Easily resize page on the fly. Useful if you're showing screenshots in a web-app.

Parameters

NameTypeDefault value
widthnumber1920
heightnumber1080

Returns

Promise<boolean>


revokeGroupInviteLink(chatId): Promise<string | boolean>

Revokes the current invite link for a group chat. Any previous links will stop working

Parameters

NameType
chatIdChatId

Returns

Promise<string | boolean>

Promise<boolean>


sendAdvancedButtons

sendAdvancedButtons(to, body, buttons, text, footer, filename): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Deprecated

danger

Template messages (URL & CALL buttons) are broken for the foreseeable future. Please DO NOT get a license solely for access to URL or CALL buttons. They are no longer reliable due to recent changes at WA. WA BIZ accounts CANNOT send buttons. This is a WA limitation. DO NOT get a license solely for access to buttons on wa business accounts.

THIS IS NOT WORKING FOR GROUPS YET.

ADVANCED ARE DEPRECATED FOR NOW. DO NOT GET A LICENSE TO USE BUTTONS.

Send advanced buttons with media body. This is an insiders feature for MD accounts.

Body can be location, image, video or document. Buttons can be quick reply, url or call buttons.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdchat id
bodystring | LocationButtonBodyThe body of the buttons message
buttonsAdvancedButton[]Array of buttons - limit is 3!
textstring-
footerstringThe footer of the buttons message
filenamestringRequired if body is a file!!

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>


sendAudio

sendAudio(to, file, quotedMsgId?): Promise<MessageId>

Send an audio file with the default audio player (not PTT/voice message)

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdchat id xxxxx@c.us
fileAdvancedFile-
quotedMsgId?MessageIdstring true_0000000000@c.us_JHB2HB23HJ4B234HJB to send as a reply to a message

Returns

Promise<MessageId>


sendBanner

sendBanner(to, base64): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Send a banner image

Note this is a bit of hack on top of a location message. During testing it is shown to not work on iPhones.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatId
base64Base64base64 encoded jpeg

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>


sendButtons

sendButtons(to, body, buttons, title?, footer?): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Deprecated

danger

WA BIZ accounts CANNOT send buttons. This is a WA limitation. DO NOT get a license solely for access to buttons on wa business accounts. THIS IS NOT WORKING FOR GROUPS YET.

BUTTONS ARE DEPRECATED FOR NOW. DO NOT GET A LICENSE TO USE BUTTONS.

Send generic quick reply buttons. This is an insiders feature for MD accounts.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdchat id
bodystring | LocationButtonBodyThe body of the buttons message
buttonsButton[]Array of buttons - limit is 3!
title?stringThe title/header of the buttons message
footer?stringThe footer of the buttons message

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>


sendContact

sendContact(to, contactId): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Sends contact card to given chat id. You can use this to send multiple contacts but they will show up as multiple single-contact messages.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatId'xxxx@c.us'
contactIdContactId | ContactId[]-

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>


sendCustomProduct

sendCustomProduct(to, image, productData): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Deprecated

Feature Currently only available with Premium License accounts.

Send a custom product to a chat. Please see CustomProduct for details.

Caveats:

  • URL will not work (unable to click), you will have to send another message with the URL.
  • Recipient will see a thin banner under picture that says "Something went wrong"
  • This will only work if you have at least 1 product already in your catalog
  • Only works on Business accounts

Parameters

NameType
toChatId
imageDataURL
productDataCustomProduct

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>


sendEmoji

sendEmoji(to, emojiId, messageId?): Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>

Send a discord emoji to a chat as a sticker

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdChatId The chat id you want to send the webp sticker to
emojiIdstringThe discord emoji id without indentifying chars. In discord you would write :who:, here use who
messageId?MessageIdmessage id of the message you want this sticker to reply to. {@license:insiders@}

Returns

Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>


sendFile

sendFile(to, file, filename, caption, quotedMsgId?, waitForId?, ptt?, withoutPreview?, hideTags?, viewOnce?, requestConfig?): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Sends a file to given chat, with caption or not, using base64. This is exactly the same as sendImage

Please note that any file that resolves to mime-type octet-stream will, by default, resolve to an MP4 file.

If you want a specific filetype, then explcitly select the correct mime-type from https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdchat id xxxxx@c.us
fileAdvancedFileDataURL data:image/xxx;base64,xxx or the RELATIVE (should start with ./ or ../) path of the file you want to send. With the latest version, you can now set this to a normal URL (for example [GET] https://file-examples-com.github.io/uploads/2017/10/file_example_JPG_2500kB.jpg).
filenamestringstring xxxxx
captionContentstring xxxxx With an INSIDERS LICENSE-KEY you can also tag people in groups with @[number]. For example if you want to mention the user with the number 44771234567, just add @44771234567 in the caption.
quotedMsgId?MessageIdstring true_0000000000@c.us_JHB2HB23HJ4B234HJB to send as a reply to a message
waitForId?booleanboolean default: false set this to true if you want to wait for the id of the message. By default this is set to false as it will take a few seconds to retrieve to the key of the message and this waiting may not be desirable for the majority of users.
ptt?booleanboolean default: false set this to true if you want to send the file as a push to talk file.
withoutPreview?booleanboolean default: false set this to true if you want to send the file without a preview (i.e as a file). This is useful for preventing auto downloads on recipient devices.
hideTags?booleanboolean default: false [INSIDERS] set this to try silent tag someone in the caption
viewOnce?boolean-
requestConfig?any-

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Promise <boolean | MessageId> This will either return true or the id of the message. It will return true after 10 seconds even if waitForId is true


sendFileFromUrl

sendFileFromUrl(to, url, filename, caption, quotedMsgId?, requestConfig?, waitForId?, ptt?, withoutPreview?, hideTags?, viewOnce?): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Sends a file by Url or custom options

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdchat id xxxxx@c.us
urlstringstring https://i.giphy.com/media/oYtVHSxngR3lC/200w.mp4
filenamestringstring 'video.mp4'
captionContentstring xxxxx
quotedMsgId?MessageIdstring true_0000000000@c.us_JHB2HB23HJ4B234HJB to send as a reply to a message
requestConfigAxiosRequestConfig<any>{} By default the request is a get request, however you can override that and many other options by sending this parameter. You can read more about this parameter here: https://github.com/axios/axios#request-config
waitForId?booleanboolean default: false set this to true if you want to wait for the id of the message. By default this is set to false as it will take a few seconds to retrieve to the key of the message and this waiting may not be desirable for the majority of users.
ptt?booleanboolean default: false set this to true if you want to send the file as a push to talk file.
withoutPreview?booleanboolean default: false set this to true if you want to send the file without a preview (i.e as a file). This is useful for preventing auto downloads on recipient devices.
hideTags?boolean-
viewOnce?boolean-

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>


sendGiphy

sendGiphy(to, giphyMediaUrl, caption): Promise<MessageId>

Sends a video to given chat as a gif by using a giphy link, with caption or not, using base64

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdchat id xxxxx@c.us
giphyMediaUrlstringstring https://media.giphy.com/media/oYtVHSxngR3lC/giphy.gif => https://i.giphy.com/media/oYtVHSxngR3lC/200w.mp4
captionContentstring xxxxx

Returns

Promise<MessageId>


sendGiphyAsSticker

sendGiphyAsSticker(to, giphyMediaUrl): Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>

Send a giphy GIF as an animated sticker.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdChatId
giphyMediaUrlstring | URLURL | string This is the giphy media url and has to be in the format https://media.giphy.com/media/RJKHjCAdsAfQPn03qQ/source.gif or it can be just the id RJKHjCAdsAfQPn03qQ

Returns

Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>


sendImage

sendImage(to, file, filename, caption, quotedMsgId?, waitForId?, ptt?, withoutPreview?, hideTags?, viewOnce?, requestConfig?): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Sends a image to given chat, with caption or not, using base64

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdchat id xxxxx@c.us
fileAdvancedFileDataURL data:image/xxx;base64,xxx or the RELATIVE (should start with ./ or ../) path of the file you want to send. With the latest version, you can now set this to a normal URL (for example [GET] https://file-examples-com.github.io/uploads/2017/10/file_example_JPG_2500kB.jpg).
filenamestringstring xxxxx
captionContentstring xxxxx
quotedMsgId?MessageId-
waitForId?boolean-
ptt?boolean-
withoutPreview?boolean-
hideTags?booleanboolean default: false [INSIDERS] set this to try silent tag someone in the caption
viewOnce?boolean-
requestConfig?any-

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Promise <boolean | string> This will either return true or the id of the message. It will return true after 10 seconds even if waitForId is true


sendImageAsSticker

sendImageAsSticker(to, image, stickerMetadata?): Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>

This function takes an image (including animated GIF) and sends it as a sticker to the recipient. This is helpful for sending semi-ephemeral things like QR codes. The advantage is that it will not show up in the recipients gallery. This function automatiicaly converts images to the required webp format.

Parameters

NameType
toChatId
imagestring | Base64 | DataURL | Buffer
stickerMetadata?StickerMetadata

Returns

Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>


sendImageAsStickerAsReply
insiders

sendImageAsStickerAsReply(to, image, messageId, stickerMetadata?): Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>

🏅May require insiders license

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This function takes an image and sends it as a sticker to the recipient as a reply to another message.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdThe recipient id.
imagestring | Base64 | DataURL | Buffer-
messageIdMessageIdThe id of the message to reply to
stickerMetadata?StickerMetadataSticker metadata

Returns

Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>


sendImageWithProduct

sendImageWithProduct(to, image, caption, bizNumber, productId): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Sends product with image to chat

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatId-
imageBase64-
captionContentstring the caption you want to add to this message
bizNumberContactIdstring the @c.us number of the business account from which you want to grab the product
productIdstringstring the id of the product within the main catalog of the aforementioned business

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>


sendLinkWithAutoPreview

sendLinkWithAutoPreview(to, url, text?, thumbnail?): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Automatically sends a link with the auto generated link preview. You can also add a custom message.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatId-
urlstringstring A link.
text?Contentstring Custom text as body of the message, this needs to include the link or it will be appended after the link.
thumbnail?Base64Base64 of the jpeg/png which will be used to override the automatically generated thumbnail.

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>


sendListMessage

sendListMessage(to, sections, title, description, actionText): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Deprecated

danger

It is not currently possible to send a listmessage to a group chat. This is a WA limitation. Please DO NOT get a license solely for access to list messages in group chats.

LIST MESSAGES ARE DEPRECATED TILL FURTHER NOTICE

Send a list message. This will not work when being sent from business accounts!

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatId
sectionsSection[]The Sections of rows for the list message
titlestringThe title of the list message
descriptionstringThe description of the list message
actionTextstringThe action text of the list message

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>


sendLocation

sendLocation(to, lat, lng, loc, address?, url?): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Note: address and url are parameters available to insiders only.

Sends a location message to given chat

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdchat id: xxxxx@c.us
latstringlatitude: '51.5074'
lngstringlongitude: '0.1278'
locstringlocation text: 'LONDON!'
address?stringaddress text: '1 Regents Park!'
url?stringaddress text link: 'https://example.com'

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>


sendMessageWithThumb

sendMessageWithThumb(thumb, url, title, description, text, chatId): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Sends a link to a chat that includes a link preview.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
thumbstringThe base 64 data of the image you want to use as the thunbnail. This should be no more than 200x200px. Note: Dont need data url on this param
urlstringThe link you want to send
titlestringThe title of the link
descriptionstringThe long description of the link preview
textContentThe text you want to inslude in the message section. THIS HAS TO INCLUDE THE URL otherwise the url will be prepended to the text automatically.
chatIdChatIdThe chat you want to send this message to.

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>


sendMp4AsSticker

sendMp4AsSticker(to, file, processOptions?, stickerMetadata?, messageId?): Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>

Use this to send an mp4 file as a sticker. This can also be used to convert GIFs from the chat because GIFs in WA are actually tiny mp4 files.

Parameters

NameTypeDefault valueDescription
toChatIdundefinedChatId The chat id you want to send the webp sticker to
filestring | Base64 | DataURL | BufferundefinedDataURL, Base64, URL (string GET), Relative filepath (string), or Buffer of the mp4 file
processOptionsMp4StickerConversionProcessOptionsdefaultProcessOptions-
stickerMetadata?StickerMetadataundefined-
messageId?MessageIdundefinedmessage id of the message you want this sticker to reply to. {@license:insiders@}

Returns

Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>


sendMultipleContacts
insiders

sendMultipleContacts(to, contactIds): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

🏅May require insiders license

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Sends multiple contacts as a single message

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatId'xxxx@c.us'
contactIdsContactId[]-

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>


sendPaymentRequest

sendPaymentRequest(to, amount, currency, message?): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

[UNTESTED - REQUIRES FEEDBACK] Sends a payment request message to given chat

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdchat id: xxxxx@c.us
amountnumbernumber the amount to request in 1000 format (e.g £10 => 10000)
currencystringstring The 3 letter currency code
message?stringstring optional message to send with the payment request

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>


sendPoll

sendPoll(to, name, options, quotedMsgId?, allowMultiSelect?): Promise<MessageId>

Send a poll to a group chat

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toGroupChatIdchat id - a group chat is required
namestringthe name of the poll
optionsstring[]an array of poll options
quotedMsgId?MessageIdA message to quote when sending the poll
allowMultiSelect?booleanWhether or not to allow multiple selections. default false

Returns

Promise<MessageId>


sendProduct
insiders

sendProduct(chatId, productId): Promise<MessageId>

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Send a product to a chat

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chatIdChatIdThe chatId
productIdstringThe id of the product

Returns

Promise<MessageId>

MessageID


sendPtt

sendPtt(to, file, quotedMsgId?): Promise<MessageId>

Attempts to send a file as a voice note. Useful if you want to send an mp3 file.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdchat id xxxxx@c.us
fileAdvancedFilebase64 data:image/xxx;base64,xxx or the path of the file you want to send.
quotedMsgId?MessageIdstring true_0000000000@c.us_JHB2HB23HJ4B234HJB to send as a reply to a message

Returns

Promise<MessageId>

Promise <boolean | string> This will either return true or the id of the message. It will return true after 10 seconds even if waitForId is true


sendRawWebpAsSticker

sendRawWebpAsSticker(to, webpBase64, animated?): Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>

You can use this to send a raw webp file.

Parameters

NameTypeDefault valueDescription
toChatIdundefinedChatId The chat id you want to send the webp sticker to
webpBase64Base64undefinedBase64 The base64 string of the webp file. Not DataURl
animatedbooleanfalseBoolean Set to true if the webp is animated. Default false

Returns

Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>


sendRawWebpAsStickerAsReply
insiders

sendRawWebpAsStickerAsReply(to, messageId, webpBase64, animated?): Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>

🏅May require insiders license

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You can use this to send a raw webp file.

Parameters

NameTypeDefault valueDescription
toChatIdundefinedChatId The chat id you want to send the webp sticker to
messageIdMessageIdundefinedMessageId Message ID of the message to reply to
webpBase64Base64undefinedBase64 The base64 string of the webp file. Not DataURl
animatedbooleanfalseBoolean Set to true if the webp is animated. Default false

Returns

Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>


sendReplyWithMentions

sendReplyWithMentions(to, content, replyMessageId, hideTags?, mentions?): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Sends a reply to given chat that includes mentions, replying to the provided replyMessageId. In order to use this method correctly you will need to send the text like this: "@4474747474747 how are you?" Basically, add a @ symbol before the number of the contact you want to mention.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdchat id: xxxxx@c.us
contentContenttext message
replyMessageIdMessageIdid of message to reply to
hideTags?booleanRemoves all tags within the message
mentions?ContactId[]You can optionally add an array of contact IDs to tag only specific people

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>


sendSeen

sendSeen(chatId): Promise<boolean>

Sets a chat status to seen. Marks all messages as ack: 3

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chatIdChatIdchat id: xxxxx@c.us

Returns

Promise<boolean>


sendStickerfromUrl

sendStickerfromUrl(to, url, requestConfig?, stickerMetadata?): Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>

Sends a sticker (including GIF) from a given URL

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatId-
urlstring-
requestConfigAxiosRequestConfig<any>{} By default the request is a get request, however you can override that and many other options by sending this parameter. You can read more about this parameter here: https://github.com/axios/axios#request-config
stickerMetadata?StickerMetadata-

Returns

Promise<string | boolean | MessageId>

Promise<MessageId | boolean>


sendStickerfromUrlAsReply
insiders

sendStickerfromUrlAsReply(to, url, messageId, requestConfig?, stickerMetadata?): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

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Sends a sticker from a given URL

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdThe recipient id.
urlstringThe url of the image
messageIdMessageIdThe id of the message to reply to
requestConfigAxiosRequestConfig<any>{} By default the request is a get request, however you can override that and many other options by sending this parameter. You can read more about this parameter here: https://github.com/axios/axios#request-config
stickerMetadata?StickerMetadata-

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Promise<MessageId | boolean>


sendText
restricted

sendText(to, content): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

🏅May require restricted license

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Sends a text message to given chat

A license is NOT required to send messages with existing chats/contacts. A license is only required for starting conversations with new numbers.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdchat id: xxxxx@c.us
contentContenttext message

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>


sendTextWithMentions

sendTextWithMentions(to, content, hideTags?, mentions?): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Sends a text message to given chat that includes mentions. In order to use this method correctly you will need to send the text like this: "@4474747474747 how are you?" Basically, add a @ symbol before the number of the contact you want to mention.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdchat id: xxxxx@c.us
contentContenttext message
hideTags?booleanRemoves all tags within the message
mentions?ContactId[]You can optionally add an array of contact IDs to tag only specific people

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>


sendVCard

sendVCard(chatId, vcard, contactName?, contactNumber?): Promise<boolean>

Send VCARD

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chatIdChatId'000000000000@c.us'
vcardstringvcard as a string, you can send multiple contacts vcard also.
contactName?stringThe display name for the contact. Ignored on multiple vcards
contactNumber?stringIf supplied, this will be injected into the vcard (VERSION 3 ONLY FROM VCARDJS) with the WA id to make it show up with the correct buttons on WA. The format of this param should be including country code, without any other formating. e.g: 4477777777777 Ignored on multiple vcards

Returns

Promise<boolean>


sendVideoAsGif

sendVideoAsGif(to, file, filename, caption, quotedMsgId?, requestConfig?): Promise<MessageId>

Sends a video to given chat as a gif, with caption or not, using base64

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatIdchat id xxxxx@c.us
fileAdvancedFileDataURL data:image/xxx;base64,xxx or the RELATIVE (should start with ./ or ../) path of the file you want to send. With the latest version, you can now set this to a normal URL (for example [GET] https://file-examples-com.github.io/uploads/2017/10/file_example_JPG_2500kB.jpg).
filenamestringstring xxxxx
captionContentstring xxxxx
quotedMsgId?MessageIdstring true_0000000000@c.us_JHB2HB23HJ4B234HJB to send as a reply to a message
requestConfigAxiosRequestConfig<any>{} By default the request is a get request, however you can override that and many other options by sending this parameter. You can read more about this parameter here: https://github.com/axios/axios#request-config

Returns

Promise<MessageId>


sendYoutubeLink(to, url, text?, thumbnail?): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Automatically sends a youtube link with the auto generated link preview. You can also add a custom message.

Parameters

NameTypeDefault valueDescription
toChatIdundefined-
urlstringundefinedstring A youtube link.
textContent''string Custom text as body of the message, this needs to include the link or it will be appended after the link.
thumbnail?Base64undefinedstring Base64 of the jpeg/png which will be used to override the automatically generated thumbnail.

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>


setChatBackgroundColourHex
insiders

setChatBackgroundColourHex(hex): Promise<boolean>

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Set the wallpaper background colour

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
hexstring'#FFF123'

Returns

Promise<boolean>


setChatEphemeral
insiders

setChatEphemeral(chatId, ephemeral): Promise<boolean>

🏅May require insiders license

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Turn the ephemeral setting in a chat to on or off

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chatIdChatIdThe ID of the chat
ephemeralboolean | EphemeralDurationtrue to turn on the ephemeral setting to 1 day, false to turn off the ephemeral setting. Other options: 604800 \| 7776000

Returns

Promise<boolean>

Promise<boolean> true if the setting was set, false if the chat does not exist


setChatState

setChatState(chatState, chatId): Promise<boolean>

Sets the chat state

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chatStateChatStateThe state you want to set for the chat. Can be TYPING (0), RECRDING (1) or PAUSED (2).
chatIdChatId

Returns

Promise<boolean>


setGroupApprovalMode

setGroupApprovalMode(groupId, requireApproval): Promise<boolean>

Turn on or off the approval requirement for new members to join a group

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupIdGroupChatId'0000000000-00000000@g.us' the group id.
requireApprovalbooleanset to true to turn on the approval requirement, false to turn off

Returns

Promise<boolean>

boolean true if action completed successfully.


setGroupDescription

setGroupDescription(groupId, description): Promise<boolean>

Change the group chant description

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupIdGroupChatId'0000000000-00000000@g.us' the group id.
descriptionstringstring The new group description

Returns

Promise<boolean>

boolean true if action completed successfully.


setGroupEditToAdminsOnly

setGroupEditToAdminsOnly(groupId, onlyAdmins): Promise<boolean>

Change who can and cannot edit a groups details

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupIdGroupChatId'0000000000-00000000@g.us' the group id.
onlyAdminsbooleanboolean set to true if you want only admins to be able to speak in this group. false if you want to allow everyone to speak in the group

Returns

Promise<boolean>

boolean true if action completed successfully.


setGroupIcon

setGroupIcon(groupId, image): Promise<boolean>

Change the icon for the group chat

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupIdGroupChatId123123123123_1312313123@g.us The id of the group
imageDataURL-

Returns

Promise<boolean>

boolean true if it was set, false if it didn't work. It usually doesn't work if the image file is too big.


setGroupIconByUrl

setGroupIconByUrl(groupId, url, requestConfig?): Promise<boolean>

Change the icon for the group chat

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupIdGroupChatId123123123123_1312313123@g.us The id of the group
urlstring-
requestConfigAxiosRequestConfig<any>{} By default the request is a get request, however you can override that and many other options by sending this parameter. You can read more about this parameter here: https://github.com/axios/axios#request-config

Returns

Promise<boolean>

boolean true if it was set, false if it didn't work. It usually doesn't work if the image file is too big.


setGroupTitle
insiders

setGroupTitle(groupId, title): Promise<boolean>

🏅May require insiders license

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Change the group chat title

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupIdGroupChatId'0000000000-00000000@g.us' the group id.
titlestringstring The new group title

Returns

Promise<boolean>

boolean true if action completed successfully.


setGroupToAdminsOnly

setGroupToAdminsOnly(groupId, onlyAdmins): Promise<boolean>

Change who can and cannot speak in a group

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupIdGroupChatId'0000000000-00000000@g.us' the group id.
onlyAdminsbooleanboolean set to true if you want only admins to be able to speak in this group. false if you want to allow everyone to speak in the group

Returns

Promise<boolean>

boolean true if action completed successfully.


setMyName

setMyName(newName): Promise<boolean>

Set your profile name

Please note, this does not work on business accounts!

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
newNamestringString new name to set for your profile

Returns

Promise<boolean>


setMyStatus

setMyStatus(newStatus): Promise<boolean | void>

set your about me

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
newStatusstringString new profile status

Returns

Promise<boolean | void>


setPresence

setPresence(available): Promise<boolean | void>

Set presence to available or unavailable.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
availablebooleanif true it will set your presence to 'online', false will set to unavailable (i.e no 'online' on recipients' phone);

Returns

Promise<boolean | void>


setProfilePic

setProfilePic(data): Promise<boolean>

Sets the profile pic of the host number.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
dataDataURLstring data url image string.

Returns

Promise<boolean>

Promise<boolean> success if true


simulateRecording

simulateRecording(to, on): Promise<boolean>

Simulate '...recording' in chat

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatId'xxxx@c.us'
onbooleanturn on similated recording, false to turn it off you need to manually turn this off.

Returns

Promise<boolean>


simulateTyping

simulateTyping(to, on): Promise<boolean>

Simulate '...typing' in chat

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
toChatId'xxxx@c.us'
onbooleanturn on similated typing, false to turn it off you need to manually turn this off.

Returns

Promise<boolean>


starMessage

starMessage(messageId): Promise<boolean>

Star a message

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
messageIdMessageIdMessage ID of the message you want to star

Returns

Promise<boolean>

true


syncContacts

syncContacts(): Promise<boolean>

Syncs contacts with phone. This promise does not resolve so it will instantly return true.

Returns

Promise<boolean>


tagEveryone
insiders

tagEveryone(groupId, content, hideTags?, formatting?, messageBeforeTags?): Promise<boolean | MessageId>

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Tags everyone in the group with a message

Mention

to indicate the actual tag.

Default

@mention

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
groupIdGroupChatIdgroup chat id: xxxxx@g.us
contentContenttext message to add under all of the tags
hideTags?booleanRemoves all tags within the message
formatting?stringThe formatting of the tags. Use
messageBeforeTags?booleanset to true to show the message before all of the tags

Returns

Promise<boolean | MessageId>

Promise<MessageId>


testButtons

testButtons(chatId): Promise<any>

Deprecated

danger

Buttons are broken for the foreseeable future. Please DO NOT get a license solely for access to buttons. They are no longer reliable due to recent changes at WA.

Test the button commands on MD accounts with an insiders key. This is a temporary feature to help fix issue #2658

Parameters

NameType
chatIdChatId

Returns

Promise<any>


testCallback

testCallback(callbackToTest, testData): Promise<boolean>

Use this simple command to test firing callback events.

Parameters

NameType
callbackToTestSimpleListener
testDataany

Returns

Promise<boolean>

false if the callback was not registered/does not exist


unmuteChat
insiders

unmuteChat(chatId): Promise<string | number | boolean>

🏅May require insiders license

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Unmutes a conversation.

Parameters

NameType
chatIdChatId

Returns

Promise<string | number | boolean>

boolean true: worked or error code or message


unstarMessage

unstarMessage(messageId): Promise<boolean>

Unstar a message

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
messageIdMessageIdMessage ID of the message you want to unstar

Returns

Promise<boolean>

true


updateWebhook

updateWebhook(webhookId, events): Promise<false | Webhook>

Update registered events for a specific webhook. This will override all existing events. If you'd like to remove all listeners from a webhook, consider using removeWebhook.

In order to update authentication details for a webhook, remove it completely and then reregister it with the correct credentials.

Parameters

NameType
webhookIdstring
eventsSimpleListener[] | "all"

Returns

Promise<false | Webhook>


waitAllQEmpty

waitAllQEmpty(): Promise<true | void[]>

Wait for all queues to be empty

Returns

Promise<true | void[]>


waitWhQIdle

waitWhQIdle(): Promise<true | void>

Wait for the webhook queue to become idle. This is useful for ensuring webhooks are cleared before ending a process.

Returns

Promise<true | void>

Events

onAck

onAck(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Listens to messages acknowledgement Changes

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(message: Message) => voidcallback function that handles a Message as the first and only parameter.

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>

true if the callback was registered


onAddedToGroup

onAddedToGroup(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Fires callback with Chat object every time the host phone is added to a group.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(chat: Chat) => anycallback function that handles a Chat (group chat) as the first and only parameter.

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>

true if the callback was registered


onAnyMessage

onAnyMessage(fn, queueOptions?): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Listens to all new messages

Fires

Message

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(message: Message) => voidcallback
queueOptions?Options<default, DefaultAddOptions>PQueue options. Set to {} for default PQueue.

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>


onBattery

onBattery(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Deprecated

Listens to battery changes

caution

This will most likely not work with multi-device mode (the only remaining mode) since the session is no longer connected to the phone but directly to WA servers.

Fires

number

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(battery: number) => voidcallback

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>


onBroadcast

onBroadcast(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Listens to broadcast messages

Fires

Message

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(message: Message) => voidcallback

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>


onButton

onButton(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Listens to button message responses

Fires

Message

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(message: Message) => voidcallback

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>


onCallState

onCallState(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Listens to changes on call state

Parameters

NameType
fn(call: Call) => void

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>

Observable stream of call objects


onChatDeleted

onChatDeleted(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Listens to when a chat is deleted by the host account

Fires

Chat

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(chat: Chat) => voidcallback

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>


onChatOpened
insiders

onChatOpened(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

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Fires callback with the relevant chat id every time the user clicks on a chat. This will only work in headful mode.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(chat: Chat) => anycallback function that handles a ChatId as the first and only parameter.

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>

true if the callback was registered


onChatState
insiders

onChatState(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

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Listens to chat state, including when a specific user is recording and typing within a group chat.

Here is an example of the fired object:

Fires

{
"chat": "00000000000-1111111111@g.us", //the chat in which this state is occuring
"user": "22222222222@c.us", //the user that is causing this state
"state": "composing, //can also be 'available', 'unavailable', 'recording' or 'composing'
}

Parameters

NameType
fn(chatState: ChatState) => void

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>


onContactAdded
insiders

onContactAdded(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

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Fires callback with contact id when a new contact is added on the host phone.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(chat: Chat) => anycallback function that handles a Chat as the first and only parameter.

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>

true if the callback was registered


onGlobalParticipantsChanged

onGlobalParticipantsChanged(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Listens to add and remove events on Groups on a global level. It is memory efficient and doesn't require a specific group id to listen to.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(participantChangedEvent: ParticipantChangedEventModel) => voidcallback function that handles a ParticipantChangedEventModel as the first and only parameter.

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>

true if the callback was registered


onGroupApprovalRequest

onGroupApprovalRequest(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Listents to group approval requests. Emits a message object. Use it with message.isGroupApprovalRequest() to check if it is a group approval request.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(groupApprovalRequestMessage: Message) => voidcallback function that handles a Message as the first and only parameter.

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>

true if the callback was registered


onGroupChange

onGroupChange(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Listens to all group (gp2) events. This can be useful if you want to catch when a group title, subject or picture is changed.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(genericGroupChangeEvent: GenericGroupChangeEvent) => voidcallback function that handles a ParticipantChangedEventModel as the first and only parameter.

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>

true if the callback was registered


onIncomingCall

onIncomingCall(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Listens to new incoming calls

Parameters

NameType
fn(call: Call) => void

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>

Observable stream of call request objects


onLabel

onLabel(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Listens to label change events

Fires

Label

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(label: Label) => voidcallback

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>


onLiveLocation

onLiveLocation(chatId, fn): Promise<boolean>

Listens to live locations from a chat that already has valid live locations

Emits

<LiveLocationChangedEvent> LiveLocationChangedEvent

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chatIdChatIdthe chat from which you want to subscribes to live location updates
fn(liveLocationChangedEvent: LiveLocationChangedEvent) => voidcallback that takes in a LiveLocationChangedEvent

Returns

Promise<boolean>

boolean, if returns false then there were no valid live locations in the chat of chatId


onLogout

onLogout(fn, priority?): Promise<boolean>

Listens to a log out event

Fires

true

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(loggedOut?: boolean) => anycallback
priority?numberA priority of -1 will mean the callback will be triggered after all the non -1 callbacks

Returns

Promise<boolean>


onMessage

onMessage(fn, queueOptions?): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Listens to incoming messages

Fires

Message

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(message: Message) => voidcallback
queueOptions?Options<default, DefaultAddOptions>PQueue options. Set to {} for default PQueue.

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>


onMessageDeleted

onMessageDeleted(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Listens to when a message is deleted by a recipient or the host account

Fires

Message

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(message: Message) => voidcallback

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>


onParticipantsChanged

onParticipantsChanged(groupId, fn, legacy?): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Listens to add and remove events on Groups. This can no longer determine who commited the action and only reports the following events add, remove, promote, demote

Parameters

NameTypeDefault valueDescription
groupIdGroupChatIdundefinedgroup id: xxxxx-yyyy@c.us
fn(participantChangedEvent: ParticipantChangedEventModel) => voidundefinedcallback
legacybooleanfalse-

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>

Observable stream of participantChangedEvent


onPlugged

onPlugged(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Listens to when host device is plugged/unplugged

Fires

boolean true if plugged, false if unplugged

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(plugged: boolean) => voidcallback

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>


onPollVote

onPollVote(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Listens to poll vote events

Fires

PollData

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(pollDate: PollData) => voidcallback

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>


onReaction
insiders

onReaction(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

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Listens to reaction add and change events

Fires

ReactionEvent

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(reactionEvent: ReactionEvent) => voidcallback

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>


onRemovedFromGroup
insiders

onRemovedFromGroup(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

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Fires callback with Chat object every time the host phone is removed to a group.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(chat: Chat) => anycallback function that handles a Chat (group chat) as the first and only parameter.

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>

true if the callback was registered


onStateChanged

onStateChanged(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

Listens to changes in state

Fires

STATE observable sream of states

Parameters

NameType
fn(state: STATE) => void

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>


onStory
restricted

onStory(fn): Promise<boolean | Listener>

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Listens to when a contact posts a new story.

Fires

e.g

{
from: '123456789@c.us'
id: 'false_132234234234234@status.broadcast'
}

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fn(story: Message) => voidcallback

Returns

Promise<boolean | Listener>