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I would love to move to Signal and send anyone reaching out to me on Whatsapp an auto-reply with a Signal invite. Couldn't find how to achieve that. Anyone kno

by rapnie 7y ago

I would love to move to Signal and send anyone reaching out to me on Whatsapp an auto-reply with a Signal invite. Couldn't find how to achieve that. Anyone knowing if this is possible?

fredley 7y ago
It'd be possible, I think. You'd need to run WhatsApp web, which is an Electron app. Get into the dev tools and set it up directly from the JS console.
- rapnie 7y ago
  That's a nice idea if it works, bit hacky but still. I never used WA Web, will have a look.
warp 7y ago
Facebook has an API for whatsapp, which I believe is a closed beta. In theory you could build an app to do this for you, twilio supports this and let's you use a development key even before you get into the beta. [I expect that's too many hoops for your use case though ;]
- rapnie 7y ago
  Thx! I found the Business API which is really for partners ( and for SMB's there is the Business app). https://www.whatsapp.com/business/api https://www.whatsapp.com/business/api The Twilio API is in beta, and you can sign up. Don't know what pricing will be, but maybe for individual use a dev subscription may be sufficient https://www.twilio.com/whatsapp https://www.twilio.com/whatsapp Here is the API reference: https://www.twilio.com/docs/sms/whatsapp/api https://www.twilio.com/docs/sms/whatsapp/api
  - ignoramous 7y ago
    Also see: https://www.messagebird.com/en/ https://www.messagebird.com/en/ Though, getting your own business-API would be cheaper, I've heard WhatsApp is very picky about granting those and instead prefer you work with a third-party partner instead [0]. Then, there's click-to-chat for simpler communication if the client's WA number is known [1]. [0] https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/general/26000239/?category=5245246 https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/general/26000239/?category=52452... [1] https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/general/26000030/?category=5245251 https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/general/26000030/?category=52452...
funnybeam 7y ago
Could you not just set you status in WhatsApp to all people to contact you via Signal? Not as good as an auto responder but at least people would see it when searching for you in the app

by rapnie 7y ago

I would love to move to Signal and send anyone reaching out to me on Whatsapp an auto-reply with a Signal invite. Couldn't find how to achieve that. Anyone knowing if this is possible?

fredley 7y ago

It'd be possible, I think. You'd need to run WhatsApp web, which is an Electron app. Get into the dev tools and set it up directly from the JS console.

rapnie 7y ago
That's a nice idea if it works, bit hacky but still. I never used WA Web, will have a look.

warp 7y ago

Facebook has an API for whatsapp, which I believe is a closed beta. In theory you could build an app to do this for you, twilio supports this and let's you use a development key even before you get into the beta. [I expect that's too many hoops for your use case though ;]

rapnie 7y ago
Thx! I found the Business API which is really for partners ( and for SMB's there is the Business app). https://www.whatsapp.com/business/api https://www.whatsapp.com/business/api The Twilio API is in beta, and you can sign up. Don't know what pricing will be, but maybe for individual use a dev subscription may be sufficient https://www.twilio.com/whatsapp https://www.twilio.com/whatsapp Here is the API reference: https://www.twilio.com/docs/sms/whatsapp/api https://www.twilio.com/docs/sms/whatsapp/api
- ignoramous 7y ago
  Also see: https://www.messagebird.com/en/ https://www.messagebird.com/en/ Though, getting your own business-API would be cheaper, I've heard WhatsApp is very picky about granting those and instead prefer you work with a third-party partner instead [0]. Then, there's click-to-chat for simpler communication if the client's WA number is known [1]. [0] https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/general/26000239/?category=5245246 https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/general/26000239/?category=52452... [1] https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/general/26000030/?category=5245251 https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/general/26000030/?category=52452...

funnybeam 7y ago

Could you not just set you status in WhatsApp to all people to contact you via Signal? Not as good as an auto responder but at least people would see it when searching for you in the app