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WhatsThat

Connect sessions, link chats, and send WhatsApp messages

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Message → Send Message

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Summary

Send a WhatsApp message or media from a connected WhatsThat session to a specified target such as a linked chat alias, raw WhatsApp JID, phone number, or the session's own WhatsApp number.

Inputs

  • Session Name (required) — Stable internal name of the connected WhatsApp session (e.g., main-phone or support-phone).
  • Send Message To (required) — Choose the recipient type: a linked chat alias, a raw WhatsApp number (digits only, no + or 00), a raw JID, or yourself (the connected session's WhatsApp number).
  • Linked Chat (required) — When sending to a linked chat, select one of the pre-linked chat aliases for this session.
  • WhatsApp Number (required) — When sending to a number, provide the full phone number with country code, digits only, no + or 00 (e.g., 393331234567).
  • JID (required) — When sending to a JID, provide the full WhatsApp JID (e.g., 393331234567@s.whatsapp.net).
  • Message Type (required) — Select the type of message to send: text, image, video, audio, document, reaction, location, contact, or poll.
  • Message — Text body of the message; not applicable for location, contact, or poll types.
  • Media URL — URL of the media to send (for image, video, audio, or document).
  • Caption — Caption text for image, video, or document messages.
  • Mimetype — MIME type of the media file.
  • File Name — File name to send with image, video, or document message.
  • Delivery Mode — For image or video messages, choose if to send as native media or as a document file.
  • Reply To Message ID — Optional message ID to reply to or react to.
  • Reaction Text — Text for a reaction message (default is 👍).
  • Latitude — Latitude coordinate for location messages.
  • Longitude — Longitude coordinate for location messages.
  • Location Name — Name of the location for location messages.
  • Location Address — Address description for location messages.
  • Contact Name — Display name for contact messages.
  • Contact VCard — VCARD content string for contact messages.
  • Poll Name — Poll question or title for poll messages.
  • Poll Options — Comma-separated list of poll options for poll messages.
  • Selectable Count — Number of options a poll participant can select (default 1).

Output shape

a single record indicating the message send status, containing fields: sessionId, targetJid, messageId, and status ('queued').

Errors from sending the message raise execution errors; enabling 'Continue On Fail' returns errors in the output object without stopping the workflow.

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