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Suraj Nair
Suraj Nair

Reputation: 561

Send WhatsApp message from C#

I was trying to send a WhatsApp message using a console application and all my searches I made on the internet for the same lead me to the NuGet WhatsAppAPI. I understand that because this not being an official client WhatsApp has blocked it currently.

Do we have another way to achieve the same?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 36811

Answers (2)

Marco Siffert
Marco Siffert

Reputation: 555

After some googling I've found this useful link: https://blog.cloudrail.com/whatsapp-api-how-to-use-the-whatsapp-chat-api/

Basically it says:

At the moment, there is no official WhatsApp API to use. There are some libraries available which use an unofficial API to send and receive messages, but this is only limited to a single number. All those libraries are basically hacks which try to act like a standard WhatsApp client which you see on Android or iOS in combination with WhatsApp Web. Nevertheless, there is one official offering by WhatsApp: the Click to Chat API, which is basically only a link containing a target number and a prefilled text. Once a user clicks on this link, the WhatsApp client (Android, iOS, Web, etc) opens with a new message to the prefilled number with the prefilled text. This is a cool way to add a fast contact option for example if you want to sell your car. (see this link for more about 'WhatsApp Click To Chat': https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/android/26000030/?category=5245251).

If you want to play around with messaging platforms to build chatbots or other systems, have a look at Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Viber, Slack or Line.

Hope this helps

Update 19.05.2022: Meta just anounced a public API for businesses of any size. I will update this answer as soon as there are more infos about this. Source: https://www.facebook.com/4/posts/10114482926371251/

Upvotes: 6

Davesoft
Davesoft

Reputation: 764

After some digging: "WhatsApp is intentionally a closed system without an API for external access."

You will have to embrace skillz/madness to pull this off, which, sadly, we will not publicly help you with.

Bon chance!

Upvotes: 0

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