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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
by 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 agoThx! 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 agoAlso 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...