Send Voice Message with WhatsApp Business API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Send Voice Message with the WhatsApp Business API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Send Voice Message action
1. Connect your WhatsApp Business account
2. Select a Phone Number ID
3. Configure Recipient Phone Number
4. Configure File Path
5. Select a Type
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Send Voice Message on WhatsApp Business

Description:Sends a voice message. [See the documentation](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/messages/audio-messages)

Version:0.0.1

Key:whatsapp_business-send-voice-message

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Code#

import whatsapp from "../../whatsapp_business.app.mjs";
import FormData from "form-data";
import fs from "fs";

export default {
  key: "whatsapp_business-send-voice-message",
  name: "Send Voice Message",
  description: "Sends a voice message. [See the documentation](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/messages/audio-messages)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    whatsapp,
    phoneNumberId: {
      propDefinition: [
        whatsapp,
        "phoneNumberId",
      ],
    },
    recipientPhoneNumber: {
      propDefinition: [
        whatsapp,
        "recipientPhoneNumber",
      ],
    },
    filePath: {
      type: "string",
      label: "File Path",
      description: "The path to a media file in the `/tmp` directory. [See the documentation on working with files](https://pipedream.com/docs/code/nodejs/working-with-files/#writing-a-file-to-tmp)",
    },
    type: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Type",
      description: "The mime-type of media file being uploaded",
      options: [
        "audio/aac",
        "audio/mp4",
        "audio/mpeg",
        "audio/amr",
        "audio/ogg",
        "audio/opus",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    // upload media file
    const formData = new FormData();
    const content = fs.createReadStream(this.filePath.includes("tmp/")
      ? this.filePath
      : `/tmp/${this.filePath}`);
    formData.append("file", content);
    formData.append("type", this.type);
    formData.append("messaging_product", "whatsapp");
    const { id: mediaId } = await this.whatsapp.uploadMedia({
      $,
      phoneNumberId: this.phoneNumberId,
      data: formData,
      headers: formData.getHeaders(),
    });

    // send voice message
    const response = await this.whatsapp.sendVoiceMessage({
      $,
      phoneNumberId: this.phoneNumberId,
      data: {
        messaging_product: "whatsapp",
        recipient_type: "individual",
        to: this.recipientPhoneNumber,
        type: "audio",
        audio: {
          id: mediaId,
        },
      },
    });
    $.export("$summary", `Sent message successfully to +${this.recipientPhoneNumber}`);
    return response;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
WhatsApp Business	`whatsapp`	`app`	This component uses the WhatsApp Business app.
Phone Number ID	`phoneNumberId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Recipient Phone Number	`recipientPhoneNumber`	`string`	Enter the recipient's phone number. For example, `15101234567`.
File Path	`filePath`	`string`	The path to a media file in the `/tmp` directory. See the documentation on working with files
Type	`type`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`audio/aacaudio/mp4audio/mpegaudio/amraudio/oggaudio/opus`

Authentication#

WhatsApp Business uses API keys for authentication. When you connect your WhatsApp Business account, Pipedream securely stores the keys so you can easily authenticate to WhatsApp Business APIs in both code and no-code steps.

To connect your WhatsApp Business Cloud account to Pipedream, follow the steps below to find your Business Account ID and your Permanent Access Token.

For additional info on setting up a WhatsApp Business account, refer to their getting started docs.