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WhatsApp Web API (WWebJS)

Interact with WhatsApp Web API via WWebJS — send messages, manage sessions, chats, groups, contacts and channels

Client → Search Messages

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Summary

Searches messages across chats for a given query.

Inputs

  • sessionId (required) — Session identifier used to authenticate the request.
  • query (required) — Text to search for within messages.
  • searchOptions — Optional pagination or filtering options such as limit and page.

Output shape

array of message objects matching the query (or empty array if none)

Result may be paginated; limit and page parameters affect the slice returned, and a success flag may be present.

Examples

Example 1: Search for up to 10 recent messages containing "invoice" in the selected session.

sessionId set to "work", query="invoice", searchOptions limit=10, page=1

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