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How to send a text message#

Installation#

pip install whatsapp-api-client-python

Import#

from whatsapp_api_client_python import API

Examples#

You may see the full example at: sendTextMessage.py

How to initialize an object#

restApi = API.RestApi(ID_INSTANCE, API_TOKEN_INSTANCE)
Please note that keys can be obtained from environment variables:
from os import environ

ID_INSTANCE = environ['ID_INSTANCE']
API_TOKEN_INSTANCE = environ['API_TOKEN_INSTANCE']

How to send a text message to a WhatsApp number#

result = restApi.sending.sendMessage('11001234567@c.us', 'Message text')

The full list of examples#

Description Module
Example of sending text sendTextMessage.py
Example of sending a picture by URL sendPictureByLink.py
Example of sending a picture by uploading from the disk sendPictureByUpload.py
Example of a group creation and sending a message to the group createGroupAndSendMessage.py
Example of incoming webhooks receiving receiveNotification.py