How to process incoming notifications#

Installation#

pip install whatsapp-api-client-python

Import#

from whatsapp_api_client_python import API

Examples#

You may see the full example at: receiveNotification.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']

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:

Parameter	Description
typewebhook	received message type (string)
body	message body (json)

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.

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