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Sending a WhatsApp message in C#
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using System; | |
using System.Net; | |
using System.Web.Script.Serialization; // requires the reference 'System.Web.Extensions' | |
using System.IO; | |
using System.Text; | |
class WaMessageSender | |
{ | |
// TODO: Replace the following with your gateway instance ID, Forever Green client ID and secret: | |
private static string INSTANCE_ID = "YOUR_INSTANCE_ID_HERE"; | |
private static string CLIENT_ID = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID_HERE"; | |
private static string CLIENT_SECRET = "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET_HERE"; | |
private static string API_URL = "http://api.whatsmate.net/v3/whatsapp/single/text/message/" + INSTANCE_ID; | |
static void Main(string[] args) | |
{ | |
WaMessageSender msgSender = new WaMessageSender(); | |
msgSender.sendMessage("12025550108", "Isn't this excting?"); // Specify the recipient's number here. NOT the gateway number | |
Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to exit."); | |
Console.ReadLine(); | |
} | |
public bool sendMessage(string number, string message) | |
{ | |
bool success = true; | |
try | |
{ | |
using (WebClient client = new WebClient()) | |
{ | |
client.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.ContentType] = "application/json"; | |
client.Headers["X-WM-CLIENT-ID"] = CLIENT_ID; | |
client.Headers["X-WM-CLIENT-SECRET"] = CLIENT_SECRET; | |
Payload payloadObj = new Payload() { number = number, message = message }; | |
string postData = (new JavaScriptSerializer()).Serialize(payloadObj); | |
client.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8; | |
string response = client.UploadString(API_URL, postData); | |
Console.WriteLine(response); | |
} | |
} | |
catch (WebException webEx) | |
{ | |
Console.WriteLine(((HttpWebResponse)webEx.Response).StatusCode); | |
Stream stream = ((HttpWebResponse)webEx.Response).GetResponseStream(); | |
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream); | |
String body = reader.ReadToEnd(); | |
Console.WriteLine(body); | |
success = false; | |
} | |
return success; | |
} | |
public class Payload | |
{ | |
public string number { get; set; } | |
public string message { get; set; } | |
} | |
} |
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