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WhatsApp Messenger is a proprietary, cross-platform instant messaging application for smartphones. In addition to basic messaging and video calling, WhatsApp Messenger users can send each other images, video and audio media messages.

WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messenger supporting end-to-end encryption. It replaces SMS and works through the existing internet data plan of a device. Aside from supporting text messages, it also supports sharing (GIF) images, videos and audio messages.

WhatsApp is available for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone devices. It can additionally be accessed via the internet browser of desktops.

For more information, visit WhatsApp.com or read the Wikipedia entry on WhatsApp.

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Provide an image for WhatsApp link sharing

How can we include an image in our website to display in WhatsApp when we share a link like this?
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Sharing link on WhatsApp from mobile website (not application) for Android

I have developed a website which is mainly used in mobile phones. I want to allow users to share information directly from the web page into WhatsApp. Using UserAgent detection I can distinguish between Android and iOS. I was able to discover that…
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Web link to specific whatsapp contact

I'd like to place a link on a webpage which opens a whatsapp chat with a certain whatsapp contact. In other words: I want a "contact me by whatsapp" link to go next to the page's "Contact us my facebook/twitter/google+/etc" links. Something…
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Sending message through WhatsApp

Since I found some older posts, that tell that whatsapp doesn't support this, I was wondering if something had changed and if there is a way to open a whatsapp 'chat' with a number that I'm sending through an intent?
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Showing Thumbnail for link in WhatsApp || og:image meta-tag doesn't work

Tried to follow this question : Provide an image for WhatsApp link sharing I have created a simple HTML webpage with the basic Facebook metatags:
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Android Whatsapp/Chat Examples

Does anybody have an example or a tutorial for a Android application like WhatsApp? I want to understand how WhatsApp works and how it is programmed. I want to see an example that uses a message-chat-system with "online"-status and "read the…
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How can I use the WhatsApp API from Java or Python?

I am looking for WhatsApp API, preferably a Python or Java library. I've tried Yowsup, but could not get my number registered; I am based in India and I am not sure if that has got anything to do with it. I did try WhatsAPI (Python library) but it…
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Send text to specific contact programmatically (whatsapp)

I wanted to know how I can send text to a specific whatsapp contact. I found some code to view a specific contact, but not to send data. Cursor c = getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI, new String[] {…
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Does WhatsApp offer APIs?

Is there an API to access WhatsApp through an internet protocol? For example, I'm wondering if there's a way to send a message to a list of WhatsApp users from an internet server?
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Mechanism behind QR code scanning of WhatsApp web/desktop app

I could not find any answers related to the working mechanism of QR code scanning used on WhatsApp Web. How does the authentication happen when the phone (any smartphone running WhatsApp) scans the QR code on the browser. I don't want to know about…
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Refresh Whatsapp contacts programmatically

I am making a function in iOS where I am adding a new contact to a user's address book programmatically, which is all going fine. The next step is to send that new contact a message via Whatsapp, which is not very hard either. The purpose is to…
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ffmpeg - whatsapp: video format not supported

I have two videos (.mp4) files. One uploads to whatsapp and another does not. Using ffmpeg I checked their properties: a) Properties of video which uploads: Duration: 00:00:56.45, start: 0.148000, bitrate: 1404 kb/s Stream #0:0(und): Video:…
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How to open WhatsApp using an Intent in your Android App

I want an Intent to take control you directly to WhatsApp. So the moment the user clicks on the button, the Intent is supposed to take you to WhatsApp. This is the code I wrote after following a few guide lines but it doesn't…
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How to share text to WhatsApp from my app?

I develop an app with a functionality for sharing text. This is working fine except for WhatsApp. What should I do? Is there any specific API for that?
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Add Whatsapp function to website, like sms, tel

I have a website that a lot of people view on mobile. I have link for : Call and SMS and I want to add one for Whatsapp, so a user can click the whatsapp link I create and start a conversation with me. If this is possible can someone point me in the…
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