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UnarchiveChat#

Test Postman

The method unarchives a chat.

Request#

To unarchive a chat, you have to execute a request at:

POST 
{{apiUrl}}/waInstance{{idInstance}}/unarchiveChat/{{apiTokenInstance}}

For apiUrl, idInstance and apiTokenInstance request parameters, refer to Before you start section.

Request parameters#

Parameter Type Mandatory Description
chatId string Yes User or group chat Id

Request body example#

{
    "chatId": "120363043968066561@g.us"
}

Response#

Response parameters#

The response body is empty. If successful, the server response is 200.

UnarchiveChat errors#

For a list of errors common to all methods, refer to Common errors section

HTTP code Error identifier Description
400 Bad Request
Validation failed		 Validation error
400 UnarchiveChatError: cannot archive chat cause last message not found in chat chatID is false or there is no message in the chat
400 Bad Request
UnarchiveChatError: chat with id 71234567890@c.us already archive=false		 Chat is already unarchived
400 Bad Request
UnarchiveChatError: chat with id 77063205930@c.us not found		 The specified number is not in the contacts
400 Validation failed.
Details: 'value' must have at least 1 key		 Validation failed. Details: 'value' must have at least 1 key
500 Internal Server Error
interface conversion: interface {} is bool, not string		 Invalid data type for field chatId

Request examples#

import requests

url = "{{apiUrl}}/waInstance{{idInstance}}/unarchiveChat/{{apiTokenInstance}}"

payload = {(
    "chatId": "11001234567@c.us")
}
headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload)

print(response.text.encode('utf8'))

curl --location '{{apiUrl}}/waInstance{{idInstance}}/unarchiveChat/{{apiTokenInstance}}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "chatId": "120363043968066561@g.us"
}'

var restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
var requestUrl = new StringBuilder();
requestUrl
    .append({{apiUrl}})
    .append("/waInstance").append({{idInstance}})
    .append("/unarchiveChat/")
    .append({{apiTokenInstance}});

var headers = new HttpHeaders();
headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);

var jsonBody = "{\"chatId\": \"120363043968066561@g.us\"}";

var requestEntity = new HttpEntity<>(jsonBody, headers);

var response = restTemplate.exchange(requestUrl.toString(), HttpMethod.POST, requestEntity, String.class);
System.out.println(response);

var requestUrl = new StringBuilder();
requestUrl
    .append({{apiUrl}})
    .append("/waInstance").append({{idInstance}})
    .append("/unarchiveChat/")
    .append({{apiTokenInstance}});

var response = Unirest.post(requestUrl.toString())
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .body("{\"chatId\": \"120363043968066561@g.us\"}")
    .asString();

System.out.println(response);

Sub UnarchiveChat()
    Dim url As String
    Dim RequestBody As String
    Dim http As Object
    Dim response As String

    ' The apiUrl, idInstance and apiTokenInstance values are available in console, double brackets must be removed
    url = "{{apiUrl}}/waInstance{{idInstance}}/UnarchiveChat/{{apiTokenInstance}}"

    ' ChatId — number for unarchiving the chat (@c.us for private chats, @g.us for group chats)
    RequestBody = "{""chatId"":""70123456789@c.us""}"

    Set http = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")

    With http
        .Open "POST", url, False
        .setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/json"
        .Send RequestBody
    End With

    response = http.responseText

    Debug.Print response

    ' Outputting the answer to the desired cell
    Range("A1").Value = response

    Set http = Nothing
End Sub