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Send Text Message

Send WhatsApp text messages from your WhatsApp Business Account.

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Params

keyrequired
string

A unique string. Please see the Keys and Resumability doc for more info.

messagerequired
object
fromId
string

The id of the phone number you want to send the message from. You can find this in the your WhatsApp Business dashboard. Note, this is not the phone number.

to
string

The phone number you want to send the message to.

textrequired
string

The text of the message to be sent.

isReplyTo
string

Optionally, add the id of the message you want to reply to. It will appear as a reply in the WhatsApp chat.

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Response

contacts
object

The contact information of who received the message

messages
object

An array of message ids that were sent

messaging_product
string

Always whatsapp

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Example Workflows

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import { Trigger } from "@trigger.dev/sdk";
import { events, sendText } from "@trigger.dev/whatsapp";

new Trigger({
  id: "demo",
  on: events.messageEvent({
    accountId: "<account_id>",
  }),
  run: async (event, ctx) => {
    //send an automatic reply to the message
    const textResponse = await sendText("text-msg", {
      fromId: event.metadata.phone_number_id,
      to: event.message.from,
      text: "Hello! This is a text sent automatically from https://www.trigger.dev",
      //this is optional – if set, the message will appear quoting the original message
      isReplyTo: event.message.id,
    });
  },
}).listen();