How to handle incoming notifications#

Installation#

Before adding the green-api package, you need to install composer (php dependency manager).

composer require green-api/whatsapp-api-client-php

Import#

require './vendor/autoload.php';

Examples#

You may see the full example at: receiveNotification.php

How to initialize an object#

$greenApi = new GreenApiClient( ID_INSTANCE, API_TOKEN_INSTANCE );

Please note that keys can be obtained from environment variables:

<?php
require './vendor/autoload.php';

define( "ID_INSTANCE", getenv("ID_INSTANCE" ));
define( "API_TOKEN_INSTANCE", getenv("API_TOKEN_INSTANCE") );

Receiving incoming messages by HTTP API#

The general concept of receiving data in the Green API is described here. To start receiving messages by the HTTP API, you need to execute the library method:

greenApi.webhooks.startReceivingNotifications(onEvent)

onEvent - your method which should contain parameters:

Message body types and formats here.

This method will be called when an incoming message is received. Next, process messages according to the business logic of your system.

Running index.php#

php -S localhost:8080

The full list of examples#