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Summary

Sends a text reply in the selected WhatsApp chat, quoting a specific existing message. You can optionally add @mentions; the message text must contain matching mention tokens for them to render.

Inputs

  • Session Name or ID (required) — Session to send the reply from; choose a listed session or provide its ID.
  • Chat Name or ID (required) — Recipient chat ID, such as a personal chat ending in @c.us or a group ending in @g.us. Use an expression for IDs beyond the first 1,000 listed chats.
  • Quoted Message ID (required) — Full serialized ID of the message to quote, as returned by a send operation or the Trigger.
  • Message (required) — Text to send as the reply. Leading and trailing whitespace is preserved.
  • Mentions — Optional WhatsApp IDs to tag, provided as a comma-separated list, JSON array, or expression resolving to an array. Include matching @-mention tokens in the message text for the tags to render.

Output shape

One n8n item containing the API response for the sent reply.

The source pack confirms the request sends the message, quoted message ID, and optional mentions. The exact response fields are not shown.

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