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Twilio (for WhatsApp)
Twilio is a cloud communications platform that offers developers and businesses a wide range of APIs to integrate messaging, calls, video, and various communication features into user applications. For some time, Twilio was one of few options available for WhatsApp backend-based communications. There are many other providers that offer a similar service.
Twilio Setup
1- Login/ register an account in Twilio
2- either buy a phone number, go to Twilio Console > Phone Numbers > Buy a number. The number must be capable of sending WhatsApp messages. You can read more about which Twilio phone numbers are compatible with WhatsApp in this article.
2b - alternatively bring an existing Whatsapp number into your Twilio account.
3- Once your number is active, go to Twilio console> messaging> senders> WhatsApp senders.
Choose your phone number and click on Edit sender, to be able to add webhook url that it will be used.
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5- Finally integrate Twilio into the code, for this you need Twilio account SID and auth token.
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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken); |