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Installation

Wppconnect Server is a ready-to-use API, just download, install, and start using, simple as that.

Requirements​

  • Node.js version 16.14 or above (which can be checked by running node -v). You can use nvm for managing multiple Node versions on a single machine installed.
    • When installing Node.js, you are recommended to check all checkboxes related to dependencies.

Installation​

Install the dependencies and start the server.

yarn install
//or
npm install

Install puppeteer dependencies:​

sudo apt-get install -y libxshmfence-dev libgbm-dev wget unzip fontconfig locales gconf-service libasound2 libatk1.0-0 libc6 libcairo2 libcups2 libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libfontconfig1 libgcc1 libgconf-2-4 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libnspr4 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libstdc++6 libx11-6 libx11-xcb1 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxi6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxss1 libxtst6 ca-certificates fonts-liberation libappindicator1 libnss3 lsb-release xdg-utils

Clone repository​


git clone https://github.com/wppconnect-team/wppconnect-server.git && cd wppconnect-server

Install Google Chrome​


wget -c https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libappindicator1

sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Run Server​

yarn dev

Build Server​

yarn build

Configuration

This server use config.ts file to define some options, default values are:

{
  /* secret key to genereta access token */
  "secretKey": "THISISMYSECURETOKEN",
  "host": "http://localhost",
  "port": "21465",
  // create userDataDir for each puppeteer instance for working with Multi Device
  "customUserDataDir": "./userDataDir/",
  // starts all sessions when starting the server.
  "startAllSession": true,
  // sets the maximum global listeners. 0 = infinity.
  "maxListeners": 15,
  "webhook": {
    "url": null,
    // automatically downloads files to upload to the webhook
    "autoDownload": true,
    //marks messages as read when the webhook returns ok
    "readMessage": false,
    //sends all unread messages to the webhook when the server starts
    "allUnreadOnStart": true
  },
  //functionality that archives conversations, runs when the server starts
  "archive": {
    "enable": true,
    //maximum interval between filings.
    "waitTime": 10,
    "daysToArchive": 45
  },
  "log": {
    "level": "error",
    "logger": [ "console", "file" ]
  },
  "createOptions": {
    "browserArgs": ["--no-sandbox"]
  }
}

Secret Key

Your secretKey is inside the config.json file. You must change the default value to one that only you know.

Generate Token

To generate an access token, you must use your SECRET_KEY.

Using the route:

  curl -X POST --location "http://localhost:21465/api/mySession/eUsouSeCreTo/generate-token"

Response:​

{
  "status": "Success",
  "session": "mySession",
  "token": "$2b$10$duQ5YYV6fojn5qFiFv.aEuY32_SnHgcmxdfxohnjG4EHJ5_Z6QWhe",
  "full": "wppconnect:$2b$10$duQ5YYV6fojn5qFiFv.aEuY32_SnHgcmxdfxohnjG4EHJ5_Z6QWhe"
}

Using Token

Save the value of the "full" response. Then use this value to call the routes.

Examples

#Starting Session
# /api/:session/start-session

curl -X POST --location "http://localhost:21465/api/mySession/start-session" \
    -H "Accept: application/json" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer \$2b\$10\$JcHd97xHN6ErBuiLd7Yu4.r6McvOvEZZDQTQwev2MRK_zQObUZZ9C"
#Get QrCode
# /api/:session/start-session
# when the session is starting if the method is called again it will return the base64 qrCode

curl -X POST --location "http://localhost:21465/api/mySession/start-session" \
    -H "Accept: application/json" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer \$2b\$10\$JcHd97xHN6ErBuiLd7Yu4.r6McvOvEZZDQTQwev2MRK_zQObUZZ9C"
#Send Message
# /api/:session/send-message
curl -X POST --location "http://localhost:21465/api/mySession/send-message" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
    -H "Accept: application/json" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer \$2b\$10\$8aQFQxnWREtBEMZK_iHMe.u7NeoNkjL7s6NYai_83Pb31Ycss6Igm" \
    -d "{
          \"phone\": \"5511982743910\",
          \"message\": \"*Abner* Rodrigues\"
        }"

See the routes file for all the routes. here and HTTP file.

Documentations​

Access our documentation on postman

Access our documentation on Swagger

Or Swagger UI in your server. Acess router: "IP:PORT/api-docs"