@shoopi/whatsapp-cloud-api v0.0.3

WhatsApp Cloud Api

This is an unofficial package for the WhatsApp Cloud Api, the project still under development.

Requirements

• Access to the Cloud Api, you can read more here
• A Redis server can download and remember use the command redis-stack-server to start it localy
• Subscribed to the message webhook read more here

Installation

Install Whatsapp Cloud Api with npm

  npm install @shoopi/whatsapp-cloud-api

Environment Variables

To run this project, you will need to add the following environment variables to your .env file

environment=DEV Will connect to the default local redis server

If you are using online redis server need to add those environment variables

REDIS_PORT

REDIS_USERNAME

REDIS_PASSWORD

Usage/Examples

import WhatsappCloudApi from "@shoopi/whatsapp-cloud-api";
import templates from "./templates.json";
import rules from "./rules.json";

function main() {
  new WhatsappCloudApi({
    templates: templates,
    rules: rules,
  });
}
main();

When use the discord bot have to add this environment variables

Discord bot middleware for whatsapp cloud api

import DiscordPlugin from "@shoopi/whatsapp-cloud-api-plugin-discord";
import WhatsappCloudApi from "@shoopi/whatsapp-cloud-api";
import templates from "./templates.json";
import rules from "./rules.json";

function main() {
  const discordbot = DiscordPlugin.getInstance();
  discordbot.init();
  new WhatsappCloudApi({
    templates: templates,
    rules: rules,
    middlewares: [discordbot.getMiddleware()],
  });
}
main();

Template and Rules

To start the bot you need two params template and rules those can be a .json or variable but need to follow this structure

template

{
    "default_unknow_response":{
       "type":"text",
       "text":{
          "body":"Please select a valid option."
       }
    },
    "welcome_menu":{
       "type":"interactive",
       "interactive":{
          "type":"button",
          "header":{
             "type":"text",
             "text":"This is the header"
          },
          "body":{
             "text":"This is the body of your message"
          },
          "action":{
             "buttons":[
                {
                   "type":"reply",
                   "reply":{
                      "id":"button-one-id",
                      "title":"Button one"
                   }
                },
                {
                   "type":"reply",
                   "reply":{
                      "id":"button-two-id",
                      "title":"Button two"
                   }
                },
                {
                   "type":"reply",
                   "reply":{
                      "id":"button-three-id",
                      "title":"Button three"
                   }
                }
             ]
          }
       }
    },
    "response_one":{
       "type":"text",
       "text":{
            "body":"This is a response for the first button"
       }
    },
    "response_two":{
       "type":"text",
       "text":{
            "body":"This is a response for the second button"
       }
    },
    "response_three":{
       "type":"text",
       "text":{
            "body":"This is a response for the third button"
       }
    },
    "response_trigger":{
       "type":"text",
       "text":{
            "body":"This is a response for the trigger"
       }
    },
    "template_message":{
       "type":"template",
       "template":{
          "name":"sample_shipping_confirmation",
          "language":{
             "code":"en"
          },
          "components":[
             {
                "type":"body",
                "parameters":[
                   {
                      "type":"text",
                      "text":"1"
                   }
                ]
             }
          ]
       }
    }
}

The template need at least welcome_menu and default_unknow_response

Read the full documentation of all message type.

rules

[
    {
       "type":"interactive",
       "button_id":"button-one-id",
       "context":"user_request_information",
       "expected_response":{
          "type":"interactive"
       },
       "response":{
          "id":"response_one"
       }
    },
    {
       "type":"interactive",
       "button_id":"button-two-id",
       "context":"user_request_information",
       "expected_response":{
          "type":"interactive"
       },
       "response":{
          "id":"response_two"
       }
    },
    {
       "type":"interactive",
       "button_id":"button-three-id",
       "context":"user_request_information",
       "expected_response":{
          "type":"text"
       },
       "response":{
          "id":"response_three"
       }
    },
    {
       "type":"text",
       "triggers":[
          "this",
          "trigger",
          "i",
          "some"
       ],
       "context":"user_request_information",
       "expected_response":{
          "type":"text"
       },
       "matchs":2,
       "response":{
          "id":"response_trigger"
       }
    }
]

The type can be:

text
image
location
interactive
template

If the type is interactive and expect a button you have to pass the button_id

The context accept those types and can use whatever you want:

unknow
welcome
waiting_for_action
waiting_for_information
user_request_information
waiting_to_talk_with_human
talking_with_human

When use the triggers pass the array of words to trigger that rule and can set the numbers of matchs the default is 1

Roadmap

• Image support

• Location suport

• Document support

• Contact support

Contributing

Contributions are always welcome!

Feedback

If you have any feedback, please reach out to us at info@shoopi.app