WUZAPI

WuzAPI is an implementation of @tulir/whatsmeow library as a simple RESTful API service with multiple device support and concurrent sessions.

Whatsmeow does not use Puppeteer on headless Chrome, nor an Android emulator. It talks directly to WhatsApp websocket servers, thus is quite fast and uses much less memory and CPU than those solutions. The drawback is that a change in the WhatsApp protocol could break connections and will require a library update.

⚠️ Warning

Using this software violating WhatsApp ToS can get your number banned: Be very careful, do not use this to send SPAM or anything like it. Use at your own risk. If you need to develop something with commercial interest you should contact a WhatsApp global solution provider and sign up for the Whatsapp Business API service instead.

Available endpoints

  • Session: connect, disconnect and logout from WhatsApp. Retrieve connection status. Retrieve QR code for scanning.
  • Messages: send text, image, audio, document, template, video, sticker, location and contact messages.
  • Users: check if phones have whatsapp, get user information, get user avatar, retrieve full contact list.
  • Chat: set presence (typing/paused,recording media), mark messages as read, download images from messages.
  • Groups: list subscribed, get info, get invite links, change photo and name.
  • Webhooks: set and get webhook that will be called whenever an event/message are received.

Prerequisites

Packages:

  • Go (Go Programming Language)

Optional:

  • Docker (Containerization)

Building

go build .

Run

By default it will start a REST service in port 8080. These are the parameters you can use to alter behaviour

  • -address : sets the IP address to bind the server to (default 0.0.0.0)
  • -port : sets the port number (default 8080)
  • -logtype : format for logs, either console (default) or json
  • -wadebug : enable whatsmeow debug, either INFO or DEBUG levels are suported
  • -sslcertificate : SSL Certificate File
  • -sslprivatekey : SSL Private Key File

Example:

./wuzapi -logtype json

Usage

In order to open up sessions, you first need to create a user and set an authentication token for it. You can do so by updating the SQLite users.db database:

sqlite3 dbdata/users.db "insert into users ('name','token') values ('John','1234ABCD')"

Once you have some users created, you can talk to the API passing the Token header as a simple means of authentication. You can have several users (different numbers), on the same server.

The daemon also serves some static web files, useful for development/testing that you can load with your browser:

  • An API swagger reference in /api A sample web page to connect and
  • scan QR codes in /login (where you will need to pass ?token=1234ABCD)

API reference

API calls should be made with content type json, and parameters sent into the request body, always passing the Token header for authenticating the request.

Check the Swagger API Reference

License

Copyright © 2022 Nicolás Gudiño

MIT

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Icon Attribution

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Legal

This code is in no way affiliated with, authorized, maintained, sponsored or endorsed by WhatsApp or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. This is an independent and unofficial software. Use at your own risk.

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The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric algorithms. The form and manner of this distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object code and source code.