Ruby Whatsapp SDK

The SDK provides a set of operations and classes to use the Whatsapp API. Send stickers, messages, audio, videos, locations, react and reply to messages or just ask for the phone numbers through this library in a few steps!

Demo

MessageAPIDemo.mov

Check the Ruby on Rails Whatsapp example repository that uses this library to send messages.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'whatsapp_sdk'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install whatsapp_sdk

Quick Start

There are three primary resources, Messages, Media and PhoneNumbers. Messages allows users to send any message (text, audio, location, video, image, etc.). Media allows users to manage media, and Phone Numbers enable clients to query the associated phone numbers.

To use Messages, Media or PhoneNumbers, you need to initialize the Client that contains auth information. There are two ways to do it.

Use an initializer

Note: Optionally, you can specify the desired API version to use (defaults to the latest version if omitted). Available API version can be found here.

# config/initializers/whatsapp_sdk.rb
WhatsappSdk.configure do |config|
  config.access_token = ACCESS_TOKEN
  config.api_version = API_VERSION
  config.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT) # optional, Faraday logger to attach
  config.logger_options = { bodies: true } # optional, they are all valid logger_options for Faraday
end

More Details on Faraday Logger Options are here.

OR 2) Create a Client instance and pass it to the Messages, Medias or PhoneNumbers instance like this:

Without Logger:

client = WhatsappSdk::Api::Client.new("<ACCESS TOKEN>") # replace this with a valid access token
messages_api = WhatsappSdk::Api::Messages.new(client)

With Logger:

logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)
logger_options = { bodies: true }
client = WhatsappSdk::Api::Client.new("<ACCESS TOKEN>", "<API VERSION>", logger, logger_options) # replace this with a valid access token
messages_api = WhatsappSdk::Api::Messages.new(client)

Each API operation returns a WhatsappSdk::Api::Response that contains data and error and a couple of helpful functions such as ok? and error?. There are three types of responses WhatsappSdk::Api::MessageDataResponse, WhatsappSdk::Api::PhoneNumberDataResponse and WhatsappSdk::Api::PhoneNumbersDataResponse. Each of them contains different attributes.

Set up a Meta app

1) Create a Meta Business app

2) Add Whatsapp to your Application

3) Add a phone number to your account

Try sending a message to your phone in the UI.

4) Copy the ACCESS_TOKEN, the SENDER_ID, the BUSINESS_ID and the RECIPIENT_NUMBER

5) Use the GEM to interact with Whatsapp

Example:

Install the gem by running gem install whatsapp_sdk in the gem.
Open the irb terminal by running irb
require "whatsapp_sdk"
Set up the ACCESS_TOKEN, the SENDER_ID, the BUSINESS_ID and the RECIPIENT_NUMBER in variables.

ACCESS_TOKEN = "EAAZAvvr0DZBs0BABRLF8zohP5Epc6pyNu"
BUSINESS_ID = 1213141516171819
SENDER_ID = 1234567891011
RECIPIENT_NUMBER = 12398765432

Configure the Client by running

WhatsappSdk.configure do |config|
  config.access_token = ACCESS_TOKEN
end

Try the Phone Numbers API or Messages API

Phone Numbers API

phone_numbers_api = WhatsappSdk::Api::PhoneNumbers.new
registered_number = phone_numbers_api.registered_number(SENDER_ID)

Messages API

messages_api = WhatsappSdk::Api::Messages.new
message_sent = messages_api.send_text(sender_id: SENDER_ID, recipient_number: RECIPIENT_NUMBER,
                                      message: "Hey there! it's Whatsapp Ruby SDK")

Check the example.rb file for more examples.

Operations

First, create the client and then create an instance WhatsappSdk::Api::Messages that requires a client as a param like this:

messages_api = WhatsappSdk::Api::Messages.new
phone_numbers_api = WhatsappSdk::Api::PhoneNumbers.new
medias_api = WhatsappSdk::Api::Medias.new
business_profile_api = WhatsappSdk::Api::BusinessProfile.new
templates_api = WhatsappSdk::Api::Templates.new

Note: Remember to initialize the client first!

APIs

Templates

# Get list of templates
templates_api.templates(business_id: BUSINESS_ID)

# Create a template
new_template = templates_api.create(
  business_id: BUSINESS_ID, name: "seasonal_promotion", language: "en_US", category: "MARKETING",
  components_json: components_json, allow_category_change: true
)

# Delete a template
templates_api.delete(business_id: BUSINESS_ID, name: "my_name") # delete by name

Business Profile API

Get the details of your business

business_profile = business_profile_api.details(123456)

Update the details of your business

business_profile_api.update(phone_number_id: SENDER_ID, params: { about: "A very cool business" } )

Phone numbers API

Get the list of phone numbers registered

phone_numbers_api.registered_numbers(123456) # accepts a business_id

Get the a phone number by id

phone_numbers_api.registered_numbers(123456) # accepts a phone_number_id

phone_numbers_api.register_number(phone_number_id, pin)

Deregister a phone number

phone_numbers_api.deregister_number(phone_number_id)

Media API

Upload a media

medias_api.upload(sender_id: SENDER_ID, file_path: "tmp/whatsapp.png", type: "image/png")

Get a media

media = medias_api.media(media_id: MEDIA_ID)

Download media

medias_api.download(url: MEDIA_URL, file_path: 'tmp/downloaded_whatsapp.png', media_type: "image/png")

Delete a media

medias_api.delete(media_id: MEDIA_ID)

Messages API

Send a text message

messages_api.send_text(sender_id: 1234, recipient_number: 112345678, message: "hola")

Read a message

messages_api.read_message(sender_id: 1234, message_id: "wamid.HBgLMTM0M12345678910=")

Note: To get the message_id you can set up Webhooks that will listen and fire an event when a message is received.

Send a reaction to message To send a reaction to a message, you need to obtain the message id and look for the emoji's unicode you want to use.

messages_api.send_reaction(sender_id: 123_123, recipient_number: 56_789, message_id: "12345", emoji: "\u{1f550}")

messages_api.send_reaction(sender_id: 123_123, recipient_number: 56_789, message_id: "12345", emoji: "⛄️")

Reply to a message To reply to a message, just include the id of the message in the messages_api methods. For example, to reply to a text message include the following:

messages_api.send_text(sender_id: 123_123, recipient_number: 56_789, message: "I'm a reply", message_id: "wamid.1234")

Send a location message

messages_api.send_location(
  sender_id: 123123, recipient_number: 56789,
  longitude: 45.4215, latitude: 75.6972, name: "nacho", address: "141 cooper street"
)

Send an image message It could use a link or an image_id.

# with a link
messages_api.send_image(
  sender_id: 123123, recipient_number: 56789, link: "image_link", caption: "Ignacio Chiazzo Profile"
)

# with an image id
messages_api.send_image(
  sender_id: 123123, recipient_number: 56789, image_id: "1234", caption: "Ignacio Chiazzo Profile"
)

Send an audio message It could use a link or an audio_id.

# with a link
messages_api.send_audio(sender_id: 123123, recipient_number: 56789, link: "audio_link")

# with an audio id
messages_api.send_audio(sender_id: 123123, recipient_number: 56789, audio_id: "1234")

Send a document message It could use a link or a document_id.

# with a link
messages_api.send_document(
  sender_id: 123123, recipient_number: 56789, link: "document_link", caption: "Ignacio Chiazzo"
)

# with a document id
messages_api.send_document(
  sender_id: 123123, recipient_number: 56789, document_id: "1234", caption: "Ignacio Chiazzo"
)

Send a sticker message It could use a link or a sticker_id.

# with a link
messages_api.send_sticker(sender_id: 123123, recipient_number: 56789, link: "link")

# with a sticker_id
messages_api.send_sticker(sender_id: 123123, recipient_number: 56789, sticker_id: "1234")

Send contacts message To send a contact, you need to create a Contact instance object that contain objects embedded like addresses, birthday, emails, name, org. See this guide to learn how to create contacts objects.

contacts = [create_contact(params)]
messages_api.send_contacts(sender_id: 123123, recipient_number: 56789, contacts: contacts)

Alternatively, you could pass a plain json like this:

messages_api.send_contacts(sender_id: 123123, recipient_number: 56789, contacts_json: {...})

Send a template message WhatsApp message templates are specific message formats that businesses use to send out notifications or customer care messages to people that have opted in to notifications. Messages can include appointment reminders, shipping information, issue resolution or payment updates.

Before sending a message template, you need to create one. visit the Official API Documentation

Component's example

currency = WhatsappSdk::Resource::Currency.new(code: "USD", amount: 1000, fallback_value: "1000")
date_time = WhatsappSdk::Resource::DateTime.new(fallback_value: "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z")
image = WhatsappSdk::Resource::Media.new(type: "image", link: "http(s)://URL")

parameter_image = WhatsappSdk::Resource::ParameterObject.new(type: WhatsappSdk::Resource::ParameterObject::Type::Image, image: image)
# You can also use a plain string as type e.g.
# parameter_image = WhatsappSdk::Resource::ParameterObject.new(type: "image", image: image)
parameter_text = WhatsappSdk::Resource::ParameterObject.new(type: WhatsappSdk::Resource::ParameterObject::Type::Text, text: "TEXT_STRING")
parameter_currency = WhatsappSdk::Resource::ParameterObject.new(type: WhatsappSdk::Resource::ParameterObject::Type::Currency, currency: currency)
parameter_date_time = WhatsappSdk::Resource::ParameterObject.new(type: WhatsappSdk::Resource::ParameterObject::Type::DateTime, date_time: date_time)

header_component = WhatsappSdk::Resource::Component.new(
  type: WhatsappSdk::Resource::Component::Type::Header,
  parameters: [parameter_image]
)

body_component = WhatsappSdk::Resource::Component.new(
  type: WhatsappSdk::Resource::Component::Type::Body,
  parameters: [parameter_text, parameter_currency, parameter_date_time]
)

button_component1 = WhatsappSdk::Resource::Component.new(
  type: WhatsappSdk::Resource::Component::Type::Button,
  index: 0,
  sub_type: WhatsappSdk::Resource::Component::Subtype::QuickReply,
  parameters: [
    WhatsappSdk::Resource::ButtonParameter.new(type: WhatsappSdk::Resource::ButtonParameter::Type::Payload, payload: "PAYLOAD")
  ]
)

button_component2 = WhatsappSdk::Resource::Component.new(
  type: WhatsappSdk::Resource::Component::Type::Button,
  index: 1,
  sub_type: WhatsappSdk::Resource::Component::Subtype::QuickReply,
  parameters: [
    WhatsappSdk::Resource::ButtonParameter.new(type: WhatsappSdk::Resource::ButtonParameter::Type::Payload, payload: "PAYLOAD")
  ]
)
@messages_api.send_template(sender_id: 12_345, recipient_number: 12345678, name: "hello_world", language: "en_US", components_json: [component_1])

Alternatively, you could pass a plain json like this:

@messages_api.send_template(sender_id: 12_345, recipient_number: 12345678, name: "hello_world", language: "en_US", components_json: [{...}])

Send interactive messages Visit the Official API Documentation

List Message's example

interactive_header = WhatsappSdk::Resource::InteractiveHeader.new(
  type: WhatsappSdk::Resource::InteractiveHeader::Type::Text,
  text: "I am the header!"
)

interactive_body = WhatsappSdk::Resource::InteractiveBody.new(
  text: "I am the body!"
)

interactive_footer = WhatsappSdk::Resource::InteractiveFooter.new(
  text: "I am the footer!"
)

interactive_action = WhatsappSdk::Resource::InteractiveAction.new(
  type: WhatsappSdk::Resource::InteractiveAction::Type::ListMessage
)

interactive_action.button = "I am the button CTA"

interactive_section_1 = WhatsappSdk::Resource::InteractiveActionSection.new(
  title: "I am the section 1"
)
interactive_section_1_row_1 = WhatsappSdk::Resource::InteractiveActionSectionRow.new(
  title: "I am the row 1 title",
  id: "section_1_row_1",
  description: "I am the optional section 1 row 1 description"
)
interactive_section_1.add_row(interactive_section_1_row_1)
interactive_action.add_section(interactive_section_1)

interactive_list_messages = WhatsappSdk::Resource::Interactive.new(
  type: WhatsappSdk::Resource::Interactive::Type::ListMessage,
  header: interactive_header,
  body: interactive_body,
  footer: interactive_footer,
  action: interactive_action
)

messages_api.send_interactive_list_messages(
  sender_id: 12_345, recipient_number: 1234567890,
  interactive: interactive_list_messages
)

Alternatively, you could pass a plain json like this:

messages_api.send_interactive_list_messages(
  sender_id: 12_345, recipient_number: 1234567890
  interactive_json: {...}
)

Reply Button's example

interactive_header = WhatsappSdk::Resource::InteractiveHeader.new(
  type: WhatsappSdk::Resource::InteractiveHeader::Type::Text,
  text: "I am the header!"
)

interactive_body = WhatsappSdk::Resource::InteractiveBody.new(
  text: "I am the body!"
)

interactive_footer = WhatsappSdk::Resource::InteractiveFooter.new(
  text: "I am the footer!"
)

interactive_action = WhatsappSdk::Resource::InteractiveAction.new(
  type: WhatsappSdk::Resource::InteractiveAction::Type::ReplyButton
)

interactive_reply_button_1 = WhatsappSdk::Resource::InteractiveActionReplyButton.new(
  title: "I am the reply button 1",
  id: "button_1"
)
interactive_action.add_reply_button(interactive_reply_button_1)

interactive_reply_button_2 = WhatsappSdk::Resource::InteractiveActionReplyButton.new(
  title: "I am the reply button 2",
  id: "button_2"
)
interactive_action.add_reply_button(interactive_reply_button_2)

interactive_reply_buttons = WhatsappSdk::Resource::Interactive.new(
  type: WhatsappSdk::Resource::Interactive::Type::ReplyButton,
  header: interactive_header,
  body: interactive_body,
  footer: interactive_footer,
  action: interactive_action
)

messages_api.send_interactive_reply_buttons(
  sender_id: 12_345, recipient_number: 1234567890,
  interactive: interactive_reply_buttons
)

Alternative, you could pass a plain json like this:

messages_api.send_interactive_reply_buttons(
  sender_id: 12_345, recipient_number: 1234567890
  interactive_json: {...}
)

Examples

Visit the example file with examples to call the API in a single file.

Whatsapp Cloud API

See the official documentation for the Whatsapp Cloud API.
For pricing, refer to the official documentation. As of today, Whatsapp offers have 1000 conversations free per month.

Troubleshooting

If you try to send a text message directly without a message template created and approved in your Meta control panel, you can't start a chat with other people. But if you receive a message before, it's possible to send a message.

If the API response is still success, but the message is not delivered:

ensure the device you're sending the message to is using a supported Whatsapp version. Check documentation. Try also replying a message to the number you are registered on your Whatsapp.
Ensure your Meta App uses an API version greater than or equal to v.14.
Ensure that the Panel in the Facebook dashboard doesn't display any errors.

Note: Sometimes the messages are delayed; see Meta documentation.

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests.

Run ' bundle exec rake install ' to install this gem onto your local machine. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Run all the tests

Unit tests: Run rake test
Sorbet Typecheck: run srb tc
Linters: bundle exec rubocop

To update the Cloud API version update the version in lib/whatsapp_sdk/api/api_configuration.rb. Check the Cloud API changelog for API udpates.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/ignacio-chiazzo/ruby_whatsapp_sdk This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

If you want a feature to be implemented in the gem, please, open an issue and we will take a look as soon as we can.

Do you want to contribute and are unsure where to start? Ping me on Twitter, and I will help you!

Check Contributing file.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

whatsapp_sdk

Development

Runtime

Ruby Whatsapp SDK

Demo

Installation

Quick Start

Set up a Meta app

Operations

APIs

Templates

Business Profile API

Phone numbers API

Media API

Messages API

Examples

Whatsapp Cloud API

Troubleshooting

Development

Run all the tests

Contributing

License