Send WhatsApp messages programmatically using this Node.js project!

• WhatsApp Message Sender
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Installation
  • Usage
  • API Endpoints
    • Get All Groups
    • Send Message
      • Request Body
      • Response
  • Contributing
  • License

This project allows you to send WhatsApp messages programmatically using the WhatsApp Web API and the whatsapp-web.js library. It provides a simple Node.js server with API endpoints to send messages to individual contacts or groups on WhatsApp.

1. Clone this repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/PauloPenalva/whatsapp.git

2. Install the required dependencies:

cd whatsapp
npm install

1. Before running the project, you need to set up the environment variables. Create a .env file in the project root directory and add the following:

PORT=3333

2. To start the server, run the following command:

npm start

3. Open your web browser and navigate to http:https://localhost:3333. You should see a QR code displayed. Scan this QR code using the WhatsApp app on your phone to log in and authenticate the WhatsApp Web session.

• URL: /groups
• Method: GET
• Description: Retrieve a list of all WhatsApp groups you are a member of.

• URL: /send-message
• Method: POST
• Description: Send a WhatsApp message to an individual contact or a group.

{
  "to": "recipient_number",
  "message": "your_message_here",
  "isGroup": true
}

• to: The recipient's phone number in international format (e.g., +551234567890) or the group ID with the @g.us suffix for groups.
• message: The message content you want to send.
• isGroup: Set to true if the recipient is a group, false if it's an individual contact.

{
  "status": true,
  "message": "Message sent successfully"
}

Contributions are welcome! If you have any suggestions, bug reports, or feature requests, please open an issue or submit a pull request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss your ideas.

This project is licensed under the MIT License.