whatsapp-web.js 1.34.2 » Class: Client

Properties

Methods

_muteUnmuteChat(chatId, action, unmuteDateTs)
acceptChannelAdminInvite(channelId)
acceptGroupV4Invite(inviteInfo)
acceptInvite(inviteCode)
addOrEditCustomerNote(userId, note)
addOrRemoveLabels(labelIds, chatIds)
approveGroupMembershipRequests(groupId, options)
archiveChat()
attachEventListeners()
createCallLink(startTime, callType)
createChannel(title, options)
createGroup(title, participants, options)
deleteAddressbookContact(phoneNumber)
deleteChannel(channelId)
deleteProfilePicture()
demoteChannelAdmin(channelId, userId)
destroy()
getBlockedContacts()
getBroadcasts()
getChannelByInviteCode(inviteCode)
getChannels()
getChatById(chatId)
getChatLabels(chatId)
getChats()
getChatsByLabelId(labelId)
getCommonGroups(contactId)

getContactById(contactId)
getContactDeviceCount(userId)
getContactLidAndPhone(userIds)
getContacts()
getCountryCode(number)
getCustomerNote(userId)
getFormattedNumber(number)
getGroupMembershipRequests(groupId)
getInviteInfo(inviteCode)
getLabelById(labelId)
getLabels()
getNumberId(number)
getPinnedMessages(chatId)
getPollVotes(messageId)
getProfilePicUrl(contactId)
getState()
getWWebVersion()
initialize()
inject()
isRegisteredUser(id)
logout()
markChatUnread(chatId)
muteChat(chatId, unmuteDate)
pinChat()
rejectGroupMembershipRequests(groupId, options)
requestPairingCode(phoneNumber[, showNotification][, intervalMs])

resetState()
revokeChannelAdminInvite(channelId, userId)
saveOrEditAddressbookContact(phoneNumber, firstName, lastName[, syncToAddressbook])
searchChannels(searchOptions)
searchMessages(query[, options])
sendChannelAdminInvite(chatId, channelId, options)
sendMessage(chatId, content[, options])
sendPresenceAvailable()
sendPresenceUnavailable()
sendResponseToScheduledEvent(response, eventMessageId)
sendSeen(chatId)
setAutoDownloadAudio(flag)
setAutoDownloadDocuments(flag)
setAutoDownloadPhotos(flag)
setAutoDownloadVideos(flag)
setBackgroundSync(flag)
setDisplayName(displayName)
setProfilePicture(media)
setStatus(status)
subscribeToChannel(channelId)
syncHistory(chatId)
transferChannelOwnership(channelId, newOwnerId, options)
unarchiveChat()
unmuteChat(chatId)
unpinChat()
unsubscribeFromChannel(channelId, options)

Events

auth_failure
authenticated
change_battery
change_state
chat_archived
chat_removed
code
contact_changed
disconnected

group_admin_changed
group_join
group_leave
group_membership_request
group_update
incoming_call
media_uploaded
message
message_ack

message_ciphertext
message_create
message_edit
message_reaction
message_revoke_everyone
message_revoke_me
qr
ready
vote_update

new Client(options)

Parameters

Name Type Optional Description

options

Client options

Values in options have the following properties:

Name	Type	Optional	Description
authStrategy			Determines how to save and restore sessions. Will use LegacySessionAuth if options.session is set. Otherwise, NoAuth will be used.
webVersion			The version of WhatsApp Web to use. Use options.webVersionCache to configure how the version is retrieved.
webVersionCache			Determines how to retrieve the WhatsApp Web version. Defaults to a local cache (LocalWebCache) that falls back to latest if the requested version is not found.
authTimeoutMs			Timeout for authentication selector in puppeteer
puppeteer			Puppeteer launch options. View docs here: https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/
qrMaxRetries			How many times should the qrcode be refreshed before giving up
restartOnAuthFail			@deprecated This option should be set directly on the LegacySessionAuth.
session			@deprecated Only here for backwards-compatibility. You should move to using LocalAuth, or set the authStrategy to LegacySessionAuth explicitly.
takeoverOnConflict			If another whatsapp web session is detected (another browser), take over the session in the current browser
takeoverTimeoutMs			How much time to wait before taking over the session
userAgent			User agent to use in puppeteer
ffmpegPath			Ffmpeg path to use when formatting videos to webp while sending stickers
bypassCSP			Sets bypassing of page's Content-Security-Policy.
deviceName			Sets the device name of a current linked device., i.e.: 'TEST'.
browserName			Sets the browser name of a current linked device, i.e.: 'Firefox'.
proxyAuthentication			Proxy Authentication object.

Properties

info ClientInfo

Current connection information

pupBrowser puppeteer.Browser

pupPage puppeteer.Page

Methods

async

_muteUnmuteChat(chatId, action, unmuteDateTs) → Promise containing {isMuted: boolean, muteExpiration: number}

Internal method to mute or unmute the chat

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
chatId	string	ID of the chat that will be muted/unmuted
action	string	The action: 'MUTE' or 'UNMUTE'
unmuteDateTs	number	Timestamp at which the chat will be unmuted

Returns: Promise containing {isMuted: boolean, muteExpiration: number}

async

acceptChannelAdminInvite(channelId) → Promise containing boolean

Accepts a channel admin invitation and promotes the current user to a channel admin

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
channelId	string		The channel ID to accept the admin invitation from

Returns

Promise containing boolean

Returns true if the operation completed successfully, false otherwise

async

acceptGroupV4Invite(inviteInfo) → Promise containing Object

Accepts a private invitation to join a group

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
inviteInfo	object		Invite V4 Info

Returns: Promise containing Object

async

acceptInvite(inviteCode) → Promise containing string

Accepts an invitation to join a group

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
inviteCode	string		Invitation code

Returns

Promise containing string

Id of the joined Chat

async

addOrEditCustomerNote(userId, note) → Promise containing void

Add or edit a customer note

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Description
userId	string		The ID of a customer to add a note to
note	string		The note to add

See also: https://faq.whatsapp.com/1433099287594476
Returns: Promise containing void

async

addOrRemoveLabels(labelIds, chatIds) → Promise containing void

Change labels in chats

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Description
labelIds	Array of (number or string)
chatIds	Array of string

Returns: Promise containing void

async

approveGroupMembershipRequests(groupId, options) → Promise containing Array of MembershipRequestActionResult

Approves membership requests if any

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Description
groupId	string		The group ID to get the membership request for
options	MembershipRequestActionOptions		Options for performing a membership request action

Returns

Promise containing Array of MembershipRequestActionResult

Returns an array of requester IDs whose membership requests were approved and an error for each requester, if any occurred during the operation. If there are no requests, an empty array will be returned

async

archiveChat() → boolean

Enables and returns the archive state of the Chat

Returns: boolean

async

attachEventListeners()

Attach event listeners to WA Web Private function

Property

Name	Type	Optional	Description
reinject	boolean		is this a reinject?

async

createCallLink(startTime, callType) → Promise containing string

Generates a WhatsApp call link (video call or voice call)

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Description
startTime	Date		The start time of the call
callType	string		The type of a WhatsApp call link to generate, valid values are: `video` \| `voice`

Returns

Promise containing string

The WhatsApp call link (https://call.whatsapp.com/video/XxXxXxXxXxXxXx) or an empty string if a generation failed.

async

createChannel(title, options) → Promise containing (CreateChannelResult or string)

Creates a new channel

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Description
title	string		The channel name
options	CreateChannelOptions

Returns

Promise containing (CreateChannelResult or string)

Returns an object that handles the result for the channel creation or an error message as a string

async

createGroup(title, participants, options) → Promise containing (CreateGroupResult or string)

Creates a new group

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
title	string	Group title
participants	(string, Contact, Array of (Contact or string), or undefined)	A single Contact object or an ID as a string or an array of Contact objects or contact IDs to add to the group
options	CreateGroupOptions	An object that handles options for group creation

Returns

Promise containing (CreateGroupResult or string)

Object with resulting data or an error message as a string

async

deleteAddressbookContact(phoneNumber) → Promise containing void

Deletes the contact from user's addressbook

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
phoneNumber	string		The contact's phone number in a format "17182222222", where "1" is a country code

Returns: Promise containing void

async

deleteChannel(channelId) → Promise containing boolean

Deletes the channel you created

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
channelId	string		The ID of a channel to delete

Returns

Promise containing boolean

Returns true if the operation completed successfully, false otherwise

async

deleteProfilePicture() → Promise containing boolean

Deletes the current user's profile picture.

Returns

Promise containing boolean

Returns true if the picture was properly deleted.

async

demoteChannelAdmin(channelId, userId) → Promise containing boolean

Demotes a channel admin to a regular subscriber (can be used also for self-demotion)

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Description
channelId	string		The channel ID to demote an admin in
userId	string		The user ID to demote

Returns

Promise containing boolean

Returns true if the operation completed successfully, false otherwise

async

destroy()

Closes the client

async

getBlockedContacts() → Promise containing Array of Contact

Gets all blocked contacts by host account

Returns: Promise containing Array of Contact

async

getBroadcasts() → Promise containing Array of Broadcast

Get all current Broadcast

Returns: Promise containing Array of Broadcast

async

getChannelByInviteCode(inviteCode) → Promise containing Channel

Gets a Channel instance by invite code

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
inviteCode	string		The code that comes after the 'https://whatsapp.com/channel/'

Returns: Promise containing Channel

async

getChannels() → Promise containing Array of Channel

Gets all cached Channel instance

Returns: Promise containing Array of Channel

async

getChatById(chatId) → Promise containing (Chat or Channel)

Gets chat or channel instance by ID

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
chatId	string

Returns: Promise containing (Chat or Channel)

async

getChatLabels(chatId) → Promise containing Array of Label

Get all Labels assigned to a chat

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
chatId	string

Returns: Promise containing Array of Label

async

getChats() → Promise containing Array of Chat

Get all current chat instances

Returns: Promise containing Array of Chat

async

getChatsByLabelId(labelId) → Promise containing Array of Chat

Get all Chats for a specific Label

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
labelId	string

Returns: Promise containing Array of Chat

async

getCommonGroups(contactId) → Promise containing Array of WAWebJS.ChatId

Gets the Contact's common groups with you. Returns empty array if you don't have any common group.

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
contactId	string		the whatsapp user's ID (_serialized format)

Returns: Promise containing Array of WAWebJS.ChatId

async

getContactById(contactId) → Promise containing Contact

Get contact instance by ID

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
contactId	string

Returns: Promise containing Contact

async

getContactDeviceCount(userId) → Promise containing number

Get user device count by ID Each WaWeb Connection counts as one device, and the phone (if exists) counts as one So for a non-enterprise user with one WaWeb connection it should return "2"

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
userId	string

Returns: Promise containing number

async

getContactLidAndPhone(userIds) → Promise containing Array of {lid: string, pn: string}

Get lid and phone number for multiple users

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
userIds	Array of string		Array of user IDs

Returns: Promise containing Array of {lid: string, pn: string}

async

getContacts() → Promise containing Array of Contact

Get all current contact instances

Returns: Promise containing Array of Contact

async

getCountryCode(number) → Promise containing string

Get the country code of a WhatsApp ID.

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
number	string		Number or ID

Returns: Promise containing string

async

getCustomerNote(userId) → Promise containing {chatId: string, content: string, createdAt: number, id: string, modifiedAt: number, type: string}

Get a customer note

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
userId	string		The ID of a customer to get a note from

See also: https://faq.whatsapp.com/1433099287594476
Returns: Promise containing {chatId: string, content: string, createdAt: number, id: string, modifiedAt: number, type: string}

async

getFormattedNumber(number) → Promise containing string

Get the formatted number of a WhatsApp ID.

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
number	string		Number or ID

Returns: Promise containing string

async

getGroupMembershipRequests(groupId) → Promise containing Array of GroupMembershipRequest

Gets an array of membership requests

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
groupId	string		The ID of a group to get membership requests for

Returns

Promise containing Array of GroupMembershipRequest

An array of membership requests

async

getInviteInfo(inviteCode) → Promise containing object

Returns an object with information about the invite code's group

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
inviteCode	string

Returns

Promise containing object

Invite information

async

getLabelById(labelId) → Promise containing Label

Get Label instance by ID

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
labelId	string

Returns: Promise containing Label

async

getLabels() → Promise containing Array of Label

Get all current Labels

Returns: Promise containing Array of Label

async

getNumberId(number) → Promise containing (Object or null)

Get the registered WhatsApp ID for a number. Will return null if the number is not registered on WhatsApp.

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
number	string		Number or ID ("@c.us" will be automatically appended if not specified)

Returns: Promise containing (Object or null)

async

getPinnedMessages(chatId)

Gets instances of all pinned messages in a chat

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
chatId	string		The chat ID

Returns

async

getPollVotes(messageId) → Promise containing Array of PollVote

Get Poll Votes

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
messageId	string

Returns: Promise containing Array of PollVote

async

getProfilePicUrl(contactId) → Promise containing string

Returns the contact ID's profile picture URL, if privacy settings allow it

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
contactId	string		the whatsapp user's ID

Returns: Promise containing string

async

getState() → WAState

Gets the current connection state for the client

Returns: WAState

async

getWWebVersion() → Promise containing string

Returns the version of WhatsApp Web currently being run

Returns: Promise containing string

async

initialize()

Sets up events and requirements, kicks off authentication request

async

inject()

Injection logic Private function

async

isRegisteredUser(id) → Promise containing Boolean

Check if a given ID is registered in whatsapp

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
id	string		the whatsapp user's ID

Returns: Promise containing Boolean

async

logout()

Logs out the client, closing the current session

async

markChatUnread(chatId)

Mark the Chat as unread

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
chatId	string		ID of the chat that will be marked as unread

async

muteChat(chatId, unmuteDate) → Promise containing {isMuted: boolean, muteExpiration: number}

Mutes this chat forever, unless a date is specified

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Description
chatId	string		ID of the chat that will be muted
unmuteDate	Date		Date when the chat will be unmuted, don't provide a value to mute forever Value can be null.

Name

Type

Optional

Description

chatId

string

ID of the chat that will be muted

unmuteDate

Date

Date when the chat will be unmuted, don't provide a value to mute forever

Value can be null.

Returns: Promise containing {isMuted: boolean, muteExpiration: number}

async

pinChat() → Promise containing boolean

Pins the Chat

Returns

Promise containing boolean

New pin state. Could be false if the max number of pinned chats was reached.

async

rejectGroupMembershipRequests(groupId, options) → Promise containing Array of MembershipRequestActionResult

Rejects membership requests if any

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Description
groupId	string		The group ID to get the membership request for
options	MembershipRequestActionOptions		Options for performing a membership request action

Returns

Promise containing Array of MembershipRequestActionResult

Returns an array of requester IDs whose membership requests were rejected and an error for each requester, if any occurred during the operation. If there are no requests, an empty array will be returned

async

requestPairingCode(phoneNumber[, showNotification][, intervalMs]) → Promise containing string

Request authentication via pairing code instead of QR code

Parameters

Name Type Optional Description

Name	Type	Optional	Description
phoneNumber	string		Phone number in international, symbol-free format (e.g. 12025550108 for US, 551155501234 for Brazil)
showNotification	boolean	Yes	Show notification to pair on phone number Defaults to `true`.
intervalMs	number	Yes	The interval in milliseconds on how frequent to generate pairing code (WhatsApp default to 3 minutes) Defaults to `180000`.

phoneNumber

string

Phone number in international, symbol-free format (e.g. 12025550108 for US, 551155501234 for Brazil)

showNotification

boolean

Yes

Show notification to pair on phone number

Defaults to true.

intervalMs

number

Yes

The interval in milliseconds on how frequent to generate pairing code (WhatsApp default to 3 minutes)

Defaults to 180000.

Returns

Promise containing string

Returns a pairing code in format "ABCDEFGH"

async

resetState()

Force reset of connection state for the client

async

revokeChannelAdminInvite(channelId, userId) → Promise containing boolean

Revokes a channel admin invitation sent to a user by a channel owner

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Description
channelId	string		The channel ID an invitation belongs to
userId	string		The user ID the invitation was sent to

Returns

Promise containing boolean

Returns true if the operation completed successfully, false otherwise

async

saveOrEditAddressbookContact(phoneNumber, firstName, lastName[, syncToAddressbook]) → Promise containing void

Save new contact to user's addressbook or edit the existing one

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Description
phoneNumber	string		The contact's phone number in a format "17182222222", where "1" is a country code
firstName	string
lastName	string
syncToAddressbook	boolean	Yes	If set to true, the contact will also be saved to the user's address book on their phone. False by default Defaults to `false`.

Returns: Promise containing void

async

searchChannels(searchOptions)

Searches for channels based on search criteria, there are some notes:

The method finds only channels you are not subscribed to currently
If you have never been subscribed to a found channel or you have unsubscribed from it with UnsubscribeOptions.deleteLocalModels set to 'true', the lastMessage property of a found channel will be 'null'

Parameters

Name Type Optional Description

searchOptions

Object

Search options

Values in searchOptions have the following properties:

Name	Type	Optional	Description
searchText	string	Yes	Text to search Defaults to `''`.
countryCodes	Array of string	Yes	Array of country codes in 'ISO 3166-1 alpha-2' standart (@see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2) to search for channels created in these countries Defaults to `[your local region]`.
skipSubscribedNewsletters	boolean	Yes	If true, channels that user is subscribed to won't appear in found channels Defaults to `false`.
view	number	Yes	View type, makes sense only when the searchText is empty. Valid values to provide are: 0 for RECOMMENDED channels 1 for TRENDING channels 2 for POPULAR channels 3 for NEW channels Defaults to `0`.
limit	number	Yes	The limit of found channels to be appear in the returnig result Defaults to `50`.

Returns

async

searchMessages(query[, options]) → Promise containing Array of Message

Searches for messages

Parameters

Name Type Optional Description

query

string

options

Object

Yes

Values in options have the following properties:

Name	Type	Optional
page	number	Yes
limit	number	Yes
chatId	string	Yes

Returns: Promise containing Array of Message

async

sendChannelAdminInvite(chatId, channelId, options) → Promise containing boolean

Sends a channel admin invitation to a user, allowing them to become an admin of the channel

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
chatId	string	The ID of a user to send the channel admin invitation to
channelId	string	The ID of a channel for which the invitation is being sent
options	SendChannelAdminInviteOptions

Returns

Promise containing boolean

Returns true if an invitation was sent successfully, false otherwise

async

sendMessage(chatId, content[, options]) → Promise containing Message

Send a message to a specific chatId

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Description
chatId	string
content	(string, MessageMedia, Location, Poll, Contact, Array of Contact, Buttons, or List)
options	MessageSendOptions	Yes	Options used when sending the message

Returns

Promise containing Message

Message that was just sent

async

sendPresenceAvailable()

Marks the client as online

async

sendPresenceUnavailable()

Marks the client as unavailable

async

sendResponseToScheduledEvent(response, eventMessageId) → Promise containing boolean

Sends a response to the scheduled event message, indicating whether a user is going to attend the event or not

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Description
response	number		The response code to the scheduled event message. Valid values are: `0` for NONE response (removes a previous response) \| `1` for GOING \| `2` for NOT GOING \| `3` for MAYBE going
eventMessageId	string		The scheduled event message ID

Returns: Promise containing boolean

async

sendSeen(chatId) → Promise containing boolean

Mark as seen for the Chat

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
chatId	string

Returns

Promise containing boolean

Name	Type	Optional	Description
flag	boolean		true/false

Returns: Promise containing boolean

async

setDisplayName(displayName) → Promise containing Boolean

Sets the current user's display name. This is the name shown to WhatsApp users that have not added you as a contact beside your number in groups and in your profile.

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
displayName	string		New display name

Returns: Promise containing Boolean

async

setProfilePicture(media) → Promise containing boolean

Sets the current user's profile picture.

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
media	MessageMedia

Returns

Promise containing boolean

Returns true if the picture was properly updated.

async

setStatus(status)

Sets the current user's status message

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
status	string		New status message

async

subscribeToChannel(channelId) → Promise containing boolean

Subscribe to channel

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
channelId	string		The channel ID

Returns

Promise containing boolean

Returns true if the operation completed successfully, false otherwise

async

syncHistory(chatId) → Promise containing boolean

Sync chat history conversation

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
chatId	string

Returns

Promise containing boolean

True if operation completed successfully, false otherwise.

async

transferChannelOwnership(channelId, newOwnerId, options) → Promise containing boolean

Transfers a channel ownership to another user. Note: the user you are transferring the channel ownership to must be a channel admin.

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Description
channelId	string
newOwnerId	string
options	TransferChannelOwnershipOptions

Returns

Promise containing boolean

Returns true if the operation completed successfully, false otherwise

async

unarchiveChat() → boolean

Changes and returns the archive state of the Chat

Returns: boolean

async

unmuteChat(chatId) → Promise containing {isMuted: boolean, muteExpiration: number}

Unmutes the Chat

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
chatId	string		ID of the chat that will be unmuted

Returns: Promise containing {isMuted: boolean, muteExpiration: number}

async

unpinChat() → Promise containing boolean

Unpins the Chat

Returns

Promise containing boolean

New pin state

async

unsubscribeFromChannel(channelId, options) → Promise containing boolean

Unsubscribe from channel

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Description
channelId	string		The channel ID
options	UnsubscribeOptions

Returns

Promise containing boolean

Returns true if the operation completed successfully, false otherwise

Events

auth_failure

Emitted when there has been an error while trying to restore an existing session

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
message	string

authenticated

Emitted when authentication is successful

change_battery

Emitted when the battery percentage for the attached device changes. Will not be sent if using multi-device.

Parameters

Name Type Optional Description

batteryInfo

object

Values in batteryInfo have the following properties:

Name	Type	Optional	Description
battery	number		The current battery percentage
plugged	boolean		Indicates if the phone is plugged in (true) or not (false)

Deprecated

change_state

Emitted when the connection state changes

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
state	WAState		the new connection state

chat_archived

Emitted when a chat is archived/unarchived

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Description
chat	Chat
currState	boolean
prevState	boolean

chat_removed

Emitted when a chat is removed

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
chat	Chat

code

Emitted when a pairing code is received

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
code	string		Code

Returns

string

Code that was just received

contact_changed

Emitted when a contact or a group participant changes their phone number.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
message	Message	Message with more information about the event.
oldId	String	The user's id (an old one) who changed their phone number and who triggered the notification.
newId	String	The user's new id after the change.
isContact	Boolean	Indicates if a contact or a group participant changed their phone number.

disconnected

Emitted when the client has been disconnected

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
reason	(WAState or "LOGOUT")		reason that caused the disconnect

group_admin_changed

Emitted when a current user is promoted to an admin or demoted to a regular user.

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
notification	GroupNotification		GroupNotification with more information about the action

group_join

Emitted when a user joins the chat via invite link or is added by an admin.

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
notification	GroupNotification		GroupNotification with more information about the action

group_leave

Emitted when a user leaves the chat or is removed by an admin.

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
notification	GroupNotification		GroupNotification with more information about the action

group_membership_request

Emitted when some user requested to join the group that has the membership approval mode turned on

Parameters

Name Type Optional Description

notification

GroupNotification

GroupNotification with more information about the action

Values in notification have the following properties:

Name	Type	Description
chatId	string	The group ID the request was made for
author	string	The user ID that made a request
timestamp	number	The timestamp the request was made at

group_update

Emitted when group settings are updated, such as subject, description or picture.

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
notification	GroupNotification		GroupNotification with more information about the action

incoming_call

Emitted when a call is received

Parameters

Name Type Optional Description

call

object

Values in call have the following properties:

Name	Type	Description
id	number	Call id
peerJid	string	Who called
isVideo	boolean	if is video
isGroup	boolean	if is group
canHandleLocally	boolean	if we can handle in waweb
outgoing	boolean	if is outgoing
webClientShouldHandle	boolean	If Waweb should handle
participants	object	Participants

media_uploaded

Emitted when media has been uploaded for a message sent by the client.

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
message	Message		The message with media that was uploaded

message

Emitted when a new message is received.

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
message	Message		The message that was received

message_ack

Emitted when an ack event occurrs on message type.

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Description
message	Message		The message that was affected
ack	MessageAck		The new ACK value

message_ciphertext

Emitted when messages are edited

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
message	Message

message_create

Emitted when a new message is created, which may include the current user's own messages.

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
message	Message		The message that was created

message_edit

Emitted when messages are edited

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Description
message	Message
newBody	string
prevBody	string

message_reaction

Emitted when a reaction is sent, received, updated or removed

Parameters

Name Type Optional Description

reaction

object

Values in reaction have the following properties:

Name	Type	Description
id	object	Reaction id
orphan	number	Orphan
orphanReason	string	Orphan reason Value can be null.
timestamp	number	Timestamp
reaction	string	Reaction
read	boolean	Read
msgId	object	Parent message id
senderId	string	Sender id
ack	number	Ack Value can be null.

message_revoke_everyone

Emitted when a message is deleted for everyone in the chat.

Parameters

Name

Type

Optional

Description

message

Message

The message that was revoked, in its current state. It will not contain the original message's data.

revoked_msg

Message

The message that was revoked, before it was revoked. It will contain the message's original data. Note that due to the way this data is captured, it may be possible that this param will be undefined.

Value can be null.

message_revoke_me

Emitted when a message is deleted by the current user.

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
message	Message		The message that was revoked

qr

Emitted when a QR code is received

Parameter

Name	Type	Optional	Description
qr	string		QR Code

ready

Emitted when the client has initialized and is ready to receive messages.

vote_update

Emitted when some poll option is selected or deselected, shows a user's current selected option(s) on the poll