The SDK is a light weight package with zero dependency written in TypeScript to simplify access to the meta whatsApp cloud API, Cloud API. The SDK currently supports most features for the messaging API such as template, text, image, video, document etc.
pnpm install @calculusky/meta-whatsapp-sdk
#or
npm install @calculusky/meta-whatsapp-sdk
#or
yarn add @calculusky/meta-whatsapp-sdk
First, obtain your credentials such as the Access Token and Phone number ID from the Meta Developer Platform
CommonJS Usage
Note: In order to gain the TypeScript typings (for intellisense / autocomplete) while using CommonJS, use require().default as seen below:
const WhatsApp = require("@calculusky/meta-whatsapp-sdk").default;
const whatsApp = new WhatsApp({
accessToken: ACCESS_TOKEN
phoneNumberId: PHONE_NUMBER_ID,
});
TypeScript Usage
import WhatsApp from "@calculusky/meta-whatsapp-sdk";
//ES6
whatsApp.message
.template({
recipient: "2347035549057",
body: {
language: {
code: "en_US",
},
name: "hello_world",
},
})
.then((resData) => {
console.log(resData);
})
.catch((error) => {
console.log(error);
});
//ES8
try {
await whatsApp.message.template({
recipient: "2347035549057",
body: {
language: {
code: "en_US",
},
name: "hello_world",
},
});
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}