wbm

wbm is an unofficial API to send bulk messages in whatsapp.

Note

wbm is an unofficial solution. It's not recommended using wbm in your company or for marketing purpose.

Installation

> npm install wbm

Usage

At the beginning it will display a QR Code on terminal, just scan it using whatsapp app.
Your session will be remembered, there is no need to authenticate everytime.

Send same message to every contact

const wbm = require('wbm');

wbm.start().then(async () => {
    const phones = ['5535988841854', '35988841854', '5535988841854'];
    const message = 'Good Morning.';
    await wbm.send(phones, message);
    await wbm.end();
}).catch(err => console.log(err));

Send custom message to every contact

const wbm = require('wbm');

wbm.start().then(async () => {
    const contacts = [
        { phone: '5535988841854', name: 'Bruno', age: 21 },
        { phone: '5535988841854', name: 'Will', age: 33 }
    ];
    const message = 'Hi {{name}}, your age is {{age}}';
    // Hi Bruno, your age is 21
    // Hi Will, your age is 33
    await wbm.send(contacts, message);
    await wbm.end();
}).catch(err => console.log(err));

Send custom messages using YOUR OWN RULE

const wbm = require('wbm');

wbm.start().then(async () => {
    const contacts = [
        { phone: '5535988841854', name: 'Bruno', group: 'friend' }, 
        { phone: '5535988841854', name: 'Will', group: 'customer' }
    ];
    for (contact of contacts) {
        let message = 'hi';
        if(contact.group === 'customer') {
            message = 'Good morning ' + contact.name;
        }
        else if(contact.group === 'friend') {
            message = 'Hey ' + contact.name + '. Wassup?';
        }
        await wbm.sendTo(contact.phone, message);
    }
    await wbm.end();
}).catch(err => console.log(err));

API

start(options)

options
Object containing optional parameters as attribute.
Type: object
- showBrowser
  Show browser running the script.
  Default: false
  Type: boolean
- qrCodeData
  Instead of generate the QR Code, returns the data used to generate the QR Code as promise.
  Default: false
  Type: boolean
- session
  Keep user session, so the user must scan the QR Code once.
  If you already is authenticated and wbm is asking for QR Code, please run using session: false once to reset your session. Then you use session: true again.
  Default: true
  Type: boolean

// It will open a browser, return the QR code data as promise and not keep user session
wbm.start({showBrowser: true, qrCodeData: true, session: false})
.then(async qrCodeData => {
    console.log(qrCodeData); // show data used to generate QR Code
    await wbm.waitQRCode();
    // waitQRCode() is necessary when qrCodeData is true
    // ...
    await wbm.end();
} ).catch(err => { console.log(err); });

send(phoneOrContacts, message)

Send message to every phone number.

phoneOrContacts
Array of phone numbers: ['5535988841854', ...].
Or
Array of contacts: [{phone: '5535988841854', name: 'Will', group: 'partner', age: 22', any: 'anything', ...}, ...]
Type: array
message
Message to send to every phone number.
Text inside curly braces like {{attribute}} will be replaced by the contact object respective attribute.
Type: string

wbm.start().then(async () => {
    const contacts = [
        {phone: '5535988841854', name: 'Bruno'},
        {phone: '5535988841854', name: 'Will'}
    ];
    await wbm.send(contacts, 'Hey {{name}}');
    // Hey Bruno
    // Hey Will
    await wbm.send(['5535988841854', '5535988841854'], 'Hey man'); 
    // Hey man
    // Hey man
    await wbm.end();
}).catch(err => { console.log(err); });

sendTo(phoneOrContact, message)

Send message to a single phone number.

phoneOrContact
Phone number. Example '5535988841854'.
Type: string
Or Contact object. Example: {phone: '5535988841854', name: 'Will', group: 'partner'}
Type: object
message
Message to send to phone number.
Text inside curly braces like {{attribute}} will be replaced by the contact object respective attribute.
Type: string

wbm.start().then(async () => {
    await wbm.sendTo({phone: '5535988841854', name: 'Bruno'}, 'Hey {{name}}');
    // Hey Bruno
    await wbm.sendTo('5535988841854', 'Hey man');
    // Hey man
    await wbm.end();
}).catch(err => { console.log(err); });

end()

This method must be used at the end of wbm.start() to finish the browser.

Contributing

Feel free to create pull requests. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

MIT

alincc/wbm

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