Is there a way to add a link on my website that will say "Call now" and when it's pressed the user can call from their whats app.
Any help would be very helpful. Thanks
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3Possible duplicate of [How to create an HTML button that acts like a link?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2906582/how-to-create-an-html-button-that-acts-like-a-link) – lxx Mar 27 '16 at 05:05
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It seems there is the same question already answered for you: http://stackoverflow.com/a/26962588/1162790 – nikoloza Mar 27 '16 at 05:06
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1This was worked for me, `whatsapp://send?text=MESSAGE&phone=+NUMERO&abid=+NUMERO` Obviusly "+NUMERO" is the wsp number and "MESSAGE" the preloaded message` put in in `href` attribute – Malki Mohamed Apr 25 '17 at 10:09
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Creating a telephone link is much like creating a mailto: link... your link would look like this:
<a href="tel:1234561234">Call ME!</a>
this tells browser plugins and smart phones that the link being followed is a telephone number and to use the default telephone application installed.
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Based on feedback and what other users have commented, I would suggest trying this, I am unsure if this will work as expected but maybe try some different combinations.
<a href="whatsapp://tel:3216541234"></a>
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<a href="whatsapp://3216541234"></a>
if this works for you please mark the other user who posted this information as the right answer... I simply referenced his/her content, I knew this kind of thing existed but did not know the url design so they do deserve the credit.
SECOND EDIT: Visit this website to see kind of how this should work: https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/android/28000012
based on what I see here, I would actually guess it's more like:
<a href="whatsapp://call?number=##########"></a>
Please let us know the working result so I can modify my response to have the right answer. :)
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Thanks for that, but this only opens my phones default dial pad. I need it to open with whatsapp.. – Aiden Doyle Mar 27 '16 at 04:15
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2Sorry they did not work. I did how ever see this in another post. this seems to send messages not make calls. As ya know I need it to make calls – Aiden Doyle Mar 27 '16 at 04:58
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Gahh so sorry then, I am afraid I will be of no more help... :/ Best of luck to you then! Maybe contact Whatsapp and ask them directly? Not time efficient (usually) but if anyone knows, they would. :) – Metroidaron Mar 27 '16 at 05:03
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Actually, instead of `number`, you should use `phone` to pass the WhatsApp contact phone. More details [here](https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/android/26000030/?category=5245251). It also works for iOS. – Gustavo Straube Aug 20 '17 at 15:24
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WhatsApp listens to URL patterns whatsapp://*, although I can't find any public documentation for it. Here is the documentation for sending a message for Android and iOS respectively.
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