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This API will update all of your joined whatsapp group whether you are admin or not.

This API should called only once : when you are joining new group or never call this API yet.

Abusing this API may lead to whatsapp number ban.

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.fonnte.com/fetch-group',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'Authorization: TOKEN'
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

If you prefer to see on postman, see here.

TOKEN must be filled by your own token. See how to get token.

Response

Successfull response

{
    "detail": "update whatsapp group list finished",
    "status": true
}

- Token invalid : token is not valid

{
    "detail": "token invalid",
    "status": false
}

- Cannot fetch with disconnected device : Your device is disconnected, connect your device before proceed

{
    "detail": "cannot fetch with disconnected device",
    "status": false
}

- Failed to fetch whatsapp group list : There is something wrong with your whatsapp number or the server is in trouble.

{
    "detail": "failed to fetch whatsapp group list",
    "status": false
}

- Failed to update : There is something wrong, most likely fonnte's fault. please contact admin for further investigation

{
    "detail": "failed to update",
    "status": false
}

The update is mainly focused on better user experience and add several mini features and ofcourse, bug fixes.

Add status read/delivered/sent on send message

When sending a message, you might want to know whether

Your message is already read by recipient
Just delivered but haven't read yet
The recipient's whatsapp is not active at the moment.

Add name on autoreply

You can now call the name of the recipient directly using variable {name}.

Delete account & device

You can now delete your account and your device if not needed.

You will receive an OTP to confirm you want to delete it.

Add notification

We are adding more notification to disconnected device while having pending messages and webhook failure.

If you have pending messages and somehow your device disconnected, the messages will be in pending state.

these messages will be sent when your device is connected to fonnte.

So if you have pending messages, we will notify you every 4 hours or you can delete all pending in the message history.

And you will get notification whenever you webhook is unreachable for whatever reason.

Bugs fixes

fix broken download link history

fix multiple keyword autoreply button doesn't replying

fix empty response on button default reply

fix non default button replying with default button

fix case sensitive button autoreply

fix incorrect device's name on invoice

optimize autoreply logic

optimize send media message

update history, report, API message status

A static chatbot is helpful for a questioning user who just want a piece of information.

But for a dynamic information, fonnte's dashboard cannot help you further.

Then, this is where our webhook shine!

You can get all information you need from your own database with webhook.

This tutorial require you to understand basic programing language mainly PHP. If you don't have any experience or don't know what to do, please consider hire a developer.

Special note : any autoreply feature won't work if you are using webhook.

Prerequisite

Before you can use this webhook, you need to make an account, login and create a device.

Copy the token as API key to be used on webhook.

Then, connect your device first before you can proceed to send a message.

Please use most recent curl with php version of 7.1++ as requirement.

Webhook code

So making whatsapp chatbot using fonnte's webhook will enable you to use your own database data.

Don't worry, we cannot access your database.

Everyting is coded in your own server.

The only thing we need is your file url.

First, copy this code

<?php
header('Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8');

$json = file_get_contents('php://input');
$data = json_decode($json, true);
$device = $data['device'];
$sender = $data['sender'];
$message = $data['message'];
$member= $data['member']; //group member who send the message
$name = $data['name'];
$location = $data['location'];
//data below will only received by device with all feature package
//start
$url =  $data['url'];
$filename =  $data['filename'];
$extension=  $data['extension'];
//end

function sendFonnte($target, $data) {
	$curl = curl_init();

	curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
	  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.fonnte.com/send",
	  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
	  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
	  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
	  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
	  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
	  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
	  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
	  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array(
	    	'target' => $target,
	    	'message' => $data['message'],
	    	'url' => $data['url'],
	    	'filename' => $data['filename'],
	    ),
	  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
	    "Authorization: TOKEN"
	  ),
	));

	$response = curl_exec($curl);

	curl_close($curl);

	return $response;
}

if ( $message == "test" ) {
	$reply = [
		"message" => "working great!",
	];
} elseif ( $message == "image" ) {
	$reply = [
		"message" => "image message",
		"url" => "https://filesamples.com/samples/image/jpg/sample_640%C3%97426.jpg",
	];
} elseif ( $message == "audio" ) {
	$reply = [
	        "message" => "audio message",
		"url" => "https://filesamples.com/samples/audio/mp3/sample3.mp3",
		"filename" => "music",
	];
} elseif ( $message == "video" ) {
	$reply = [
		"message" => "video message",
		"url" => "https://filesamples.com/samples/video/mp4/sample_640x360.mp4",
	];
} elseif ( $message == "file" ) {
	$reply = [
		"message" => "file message",
		"url" => "https://filesamples.com/samples/document/docx/sample3.docx",
		"filename" => "document",
	];
} else {
	$reply = [
		"message" => "Sorry, i don't understand. Please use one of the following keyword :
		    
Hello
Audio
Video
Image
File",
];
}

sendFonnte($sender, $reply);

Function sendFonnte can use any API parameter available on fonnte's API.

You can get the data from database and set as reply message.

Second, save this code and input the file absolute public url to the webhook input.

Example : https://fonnte.com/urlwebhook.php

It's located in menu device->edit.

The last and the most important part is to set autoread to on.

It's located below webhook input.

That's all, your whatsapp bot is now ready to reply with dynamic data.

In a business process, making a customer wait means possible leads are missing.

Sometime the customer just want to know about FAQ and they are too lazy to read on the web.

It's more convenient to ask than to read.

So, making a whatsapp chat bot is vital for your business.

Fonnte provide a way to create whatsapp bot easily.

Autoreply

Every device can be set to be a chatbot.

You need to set autoread to on on device menu->edit.

Fonnte provide a menu to create this bot.

You can access this menu by login to fonnte.

Go to autoreply menu, then you'll see this form

You can make several incoming chat terms on message field.

The response can be just a text, text with file or an interactive buttons.

That's all!

Learn more about this autoreply and button.

Conclusion

With this feature, you can make a static chatbot.

The best usage for this feature is to serve static information like FAQ.

If somehow you want to make a more dynamic whatsapp bot, you can use our other feature, it's called webhook.

We will cover how to create dynamic whatsapp bot in the next tutorial.

Sending whatsapp programatically is hard back then.

Send invoice, notification, confirmation, etc mostly send through email.

As for today, send whatsapp message is possible through API.

Fonnte provide super easy API to send whatsapp message via API.

In this tutorial you will learn how.

This tutorial require you to understand basic programing language mainly PHP. If you don't have any experience or don't know what to do, please consider hire a developer.

Prerequisite

Before you can use this API, you need to make an account, login and create a device.

Copy the token as API key to be used on API.

Then, connect your device first before you can proceed to send a message.

Please use most recent curl with php version of 7.1++ as requirement.

Full API reference can be found in the docs and postman.

Single message
Bulk messages
Schedule messages
Dynamic message
Media message
Button message
Template message
List message
Location message
Poll message
Follow Up message
Sequence message

About Target

Target is the number or whatsapp group id who'll receive the message you sent.

If the target is personal, you can just set their whatsapp number as target

If the target is whatsapp group, you have to know the whatsapp group's id.

See tutorial for getting whatsapp group id.

Single Message

For using fonnte's API, just copy the code below.

Make a file, for example, send.php in your environment (localhost using xampp for example).

Then paste this code.

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.fonnte.com/send',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array(
'target' => '08123456789',
'message' => 'test message', 
'countryCode' => '62', //optional
),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'Authorization: TOKEN' //change TOKEN to your actual token
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);
if (curl_errno($curl)) {
  $error_msg = curl_error($curl);
}
curl_close($curl);

if (isset($error_msg)) {
 echo $error_msg;
}
echo $response;

Don't forget to change the target and token and then just run the file in browser.

Then, you're good to go, the message is sent to your target number.

Bulk Message

note : now there is a better method to solve this problem. see new way

Old way

If you really want to send bulk messages, DO NOT USE LOOP!

Unless you want to send multiple url, you are welcome to use loop.

Then how to send bulk messages without loop?

Don't worry, we got your back.

Just use comma separated for each target.

Example : 081xxxxx,082xxxxx.

Here's the code

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.fonnte.com/send',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array(
'target' => '08123456789,08987654321',
'message' => 'test message',
'delay' => '2', 
'countryCode' => '62', //optional
),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'Authorization: TOKEN' //change TOKEN to your actual token
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

You just need to separate each target with comma.

Set 'delay' is highly recommended, it's in second.

In the example above the message will be sent to 628123456789 immediately then wait 2 seconds before send to 628987654321.

New way

you can now use new parameter : data.

parameter data allows you to merge multiple requests as one request.

you can use almost all available parameter.

this way drastically reduce the need of variable and you can define each message on your own.

let's just code it.

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
 CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.fonnte.com/send',
 CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
 CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
 CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
 CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
 CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
 CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
 CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
 CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array('data' => '[{"target": "082227097005", "message": "1","delay":"1"},{"target": "082227097005,082227097005", "message": "2","delay":"2"},{"target": "082227097005", "message": "3","delay":"0"}]'
),
 CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
 'Authorization: TOKEN' //change TOKEN to your actual token
 ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

the code above will send message 1 immediately -> wait 2 seconds -> send message 2 -> wait 2 seconds -> send message 2 -> send message 3

Schedule Message

The message can also be sent in a scheduled time.

Pass the parameter 'schedule' with value of unix timestamp down to second, not to milisecond.

For example : 1667433600 for November 3rd, 2022 12:00:00 AM (GMT +0)

In indonesian time, the time above will run on :

WIB (GMT +7) : November 3rd, 2022 7:00:00 AM
WITA (GMT +8) : November 3rd, 2022 8:00:00 AM
WIT (GMT +9) : November 3rd, 2022 9:00:00 AM

So this is the code

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.fonnte.com/send',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array(
'target' => '08123456789',
'message' => 'test message', 
'schedule' => 1667433600, 
'countryCode' => '62', //optional
),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'Authorization: TOKEN' //change TOKEN to your actual token
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

That's all.

The message will be sent on scheduled time.

Dynamic Message

So after successfully send message, There is another wish.

"i want to send this message personally".

Well, ofcourse it's possible!

First option is not using fonnte's API feature (not recommended).

Lookup data in the database
Save as variable
Make a loop
Send through API individually

You are making n request to fonnte.

Even fonnte does not have problem with it, we have a better solution!

Second option is using fonnte's API feature (highly recommended).

Lookup data in the database
Save as variable
Make a loop
Send through API once

To send dynamic messages, you can use variables.

To use it, you need to set the variables on 'target', and use the variable on 'message'

Here's the code

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.fonnte.com/send',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array(
'target' => '08123456789|Fonnte|Admin,08987654321|Lily|Client',
'message' => 'test message to {name} as {var1}', 
'delay' => '2', 
'countryCode' => '62', //optional
),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'Authorization: TOKEN' //change TOKEN to your actual token
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

That code will send message to with 2 seconds delay for each message

628123456789 : test message to Fonnte as Admin
628987654321 : test message to Lily as Client

Separate each variable with pipe (|).

The first variable will using {name} and the rest is using {var1},{var2},...

This is great! you can send personalized messages with one go.

How much can i make the variable? as much as you need, ofcourse!

You can learn more about it on about variable page.

Media Message

note : this parameter only available on super/advanced/ultra plan.

Can i add message with attachment like image? or video? file like pdf, excel, docs? and audio?

Yes you can!

Public url

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.fonnte.com/send',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array(
'target' => '08123456789',
'message' => 'test message', 
'url' => 'https://md.fonnte.com/images/logo-dashboard.png', 
'filename' => 'my-file.pdf', //optional, only works on file and audio
'countryCode' => '62', //optional
),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'Authorization: TOKEN' //change TOKEN to your actual token
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

That's it, you can now send the message with an image!

Local file

local file is supported using file parameter file

the path must correct otherwise you will get error : operation aborted by callback.

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.fonnte.com/send',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array(
'target' => '08123456789',
'message' => 'test message', 
'file' => new CURLFile("localfile.png"), 
'filename' => 'my-file.pdf', //optional, only works on file and audio
'countryCode' => '62', //optional
),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'Authorization: TOKEN' //change TOKEN to your actual token
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

That's it, you can now send the file via your own local file.

Form uploads

You can also send directly from a form upload.

this is super beneficial that you don't have to save it to your local/server first.

<?php
//logic
$file = $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"]; //change "file" with your actual file input name tag
$name = $_FILES["file"]["name"];
$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.fonnte.com/send',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array(
'target' => '08123456789',
'message' => 'test message', 
'file' => new CURLFile($file, '', $name), 
'filename' => 'my-file.pdf', //optional, only works on file and audio
'countryCode' => '62', //optional
),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'Authorization: TOKEN' //change TOKEN to your actual token
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

you can utilize fonnte api to suits your need.

The next 3 message types is used for interactive purpose. (deprecated)

Button Message (Deprecated)

This feature has been deprecated and no longer maintained

What is button message?

That's button message.

It's more interactive than wishing user to respond in a text.

To send this message, you will need to make a multidimensional array, then just encode it to be a json.

Note : max 3 buttons

here's the code

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.fonnte.com/send',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array(
'target' => '08123456789',
'url' => 'https://md.fonnte.com/images/logo-dashboard.png', 
'buttonJSON' => '{"message":"fonnte button message","footer":"fonnte footer message","buttons":[{"id":"mybutton1","message":"hello fonnte"},{"id":"mybutton2","message":"fonnte pricing"},{"id":"mybutton3","message":"tutorial fonnte"}]}', 
'countryCode' => '62', //optional
),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'Authorization: TOKEN' //change TOKEN to your actual token
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

You can add url ofcourse, but it's limited to image and video only.

Template Message (Deprecated)

This feature has been deprecated and no longer maintained

Template button is much more interactive than just button message.

Sadly, our API's can not send this type to IOS yet.

This message type support call and link.

The other one is just regular button.

Note : max 3 buttons

So how to send it?

Here's the code

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.fonnte.com/send',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array(
'target' => '08123456789',
'templateJSON' => '{"message":"fonnte template message","footer":"fonnte footer message","buttons":[{"message":"fonnte","url":"https://fonnte.com"},{"message":"call me","tel":"6282227097005"},{"id":"mybutton1","message":"hello fonnte"}]}', 
'countryCode' => '62', //optional
),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'Authorization: TOKEN' //change TOKEN to your actual token
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

Template is not supporting any media yet.

So you can only send plain text with it.

List Message (Deprecated)

This feature has been deprecated and no longer maintained

List message is another message type which allow you to create many buttons, not just 3.

And when you click button, this popup appear.

This is great! you can give your user many choices.

And even better, it has group and description for easier understanding of choice.

Here's the code

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.fonnte.com/send',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array(
'target' => '08123456789',
'listJSON' => '{"message":"fonnte list message","footer":"fonnte footer message","buttonTitle":"fonnte's packages","title":"fonnte title","buttons":[{"title":"text only","list":[{"message":"regular","footer":"10k messsages/month","id":"list-1"},{"message":"regular pro","footer":"25k messsages/month","id":"list-2"},{"message":"master","footer":"unlimited messsages/month","id":"list-3"}]},{"title":"all feature","list":[{"message":"super","footer":"10k messsages/month","id":"list-4"},{"message":"advanced","footer":"25k messsages/month","id":"list-5"},{"message":"ultra","footer":"unlimited messsages/month","id":"list-6"}]}]}', 
'countryCode' => '62', //optional
),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'Authorization: TOKEN' //change TOKEN to your actual token
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

With this, you can send list message and waiting for a reply.

Location

Location can be send using latitude and longitude.

the format should be latitude,longitude.

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.fonnte.com/send',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array(
'target' => '08123456789',
'location' => '-7.983908, 112.621391',

),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'Authorization: TOKEN' //change TOKEN to your actual token
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

You can change the location value with your desired location.

Poll

You can send whatsapp poll message to your recipients.

The poll may be sent to group or individual.

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.fonnte.com/send',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array('target' => '082227097005','message' => 'test dari postman','choices' => 'satu,dua,tiga','select' => 'single','pollname' => 'pollku'),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'Authorization: TOKEN'
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

You can change the data to your personal needs.

Follow up

You can send whatsapp as a follow up on your own application.

It's even easier since fonnte provide API for it.

Actually this follow up is similar to schedule feature.

The differences is :

it's simplified by adding only the seconds, not the whole unix timestamp
It's working with schedule. you can set the follow up with schedule

The main purpose is this follow up enable you to follow up after any action, most likely on form submit.

So instead of schedule it, just add time for it.

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.fonnte.com/send',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array('target' => '082227097005','message' => 'test dari local','followup' => 60),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'Authorization: TOKEN'
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

This code will send the message 1 minutes after requested to fonnte.

Sequence

you can change the behaviour of sending message as a sequence.

this means, the order of messages matters.

it's as simple as adding 'sequence' => true.

this parameter works both on data or target.

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.fonnte.com/send',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array('data' => '[
{"target": "082227097005", "message": "1","delay" : "0"},
{"target": "082227097005", "message": "2","delay" : "0"},
{"target": "082227097005", "message": "3","delay" : "0","url":"https://fonnte.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Logo-Fonnte-1536x368.png"},
{"target": "082227097005", "message": "4","delay" : "0"},
{"target": "082227097005", "message": "5","delay" : "0"}
]',
'sequence'=>true),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'Authorization: TOKEN'
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

This code will send the message in sequence : a,b,c,d,e

Conclusion

Fonnte provide many configuration to make the API as flexible as possible.

If you are not a programmer or confuse how to do it, you can hire a programmer or just use fonnte's dashboard to send whatsapp message.

We have cover all this way to send message in our dashboard.

In the end, it's not only meant for sending, you can also reply the message.

We'll cover in autoreply tutorial on how to create a whatsapp chat bot.

The update is mainly focused on button ui and add several mini features and ofcourse, bug fixes.

Button UI

You can now make button with fonnte's dashboard.

It's reusable and one time.

You can use this button for sending message or creating an autoreply.

Your whatsapp message will be much more engaging!

Learn how to create this button.

Order by wa

You can now order a package by whatsapp. you are no longer needed to login just to order!

See how to order on the video below.

API

We add an API to check how much messages an account have been requested to fonnte.

you can see here.

We also add total messages requested on each device on device profile API.

Bug fixes

Fix incorrect delay message for new api
Rename reset to disconnect for better understanding
Add number checking on registration
Fix slow query on whatsapp server and dashboard
Update connect qr code after whatsapp down

This feature has been deprecated and no longer maintained

You can now create button on fonnte's dashboard.

There are 3 buttons in total

Button : this is normal button
Template : this button can be call/link/normal button. but it's not working on iphone, if your message sent to android/whatsapp web only, it can be used
List : this is list button, you can create buttons as many as you need

Button

The fields of button is shown above.

Name : the name of the button (required)
Type : the type of the button
File : the file for the button message. only support video and image.
Message : the message of the button (required)
Footer : the footer of the button
Purpose : whether this button used for send only or expecting an answers to be replied
Text : the button text (required)
Id : the button text id (required, must unique)
Response : the type of response
File : the file for response
Response message : the message for response

You can see the image below for what these fields used for

Template

This type of button does not send to iphone.

The fields of template is shown above.

Name : the name of the button (required)
Type : the type of the button
Message : the message of the button (required)
Footer : the footer of the button
Purpose : whether this button used for send only or expecting an answers to be replied
Type : the indivdual button type
Text : the button text (required)
Id : the button text id (required, must unique)
Response : the type of response
File : the file for response
Response message : the message for response

You can see the image below for what these fields used for

List

The fields of list is shown above.

Name : the name of the button (required)
Type : the type of the button
Title : the title of the button
Message : the message of the button (required)
Footer : the footer of the button
Button title : the title of the list button
Purpose : whether this button used for send only or expecting an answers to be replied
List title : the title of the list
Type : the indivdual button type
Text : the button text (required)
Footer : the list button description
Id : the button text id (required, must unique)
Response : the type of response
File : the file for response
Response message : the message for response
Add list : add the list button

You can see the image below for what these fields used for

Send whatsapp message without code is easy.

You can use fonnte to send the message.

Send From Dashboard

This is the easiest way to send message, but have less control.

You are restricted to what fonnte's dashboard offer.

But still, it's the easiest one, even if you can't code, this will work well.

You can access this by login to fonnte.

Go to send menu, then you'll see this form

You can send a message just by filling input target and the message.

For example :

Input target : 082227097005
Message : Hello

Then your connected device will send to 6282227097005 with message "Hello".

Pretty easy, right?

You can find the detail about it in send message menu.

The next section will cover how to send whatsapp message with PHP.

Variable enable your messages to be personalized sent to each target.

With fonnte, you can create unlimited variables for each target.

Available variables are

{name} : this is the first variable after target's whatsapp number
{var1},{var2},{var3},... : this is the rest variable after {name}

How to make variables?

There is 3 ways in fonnte to use variable, but only 1 way to save variable for later usage.

Using input target field in send menu.
Using target field in send API.
Save the contact in contact menu.

How to use variables?

To use variable, there is 3 way to do this

Using message field in send menu
Using saved message template in template menu
Using message field in send API

Example for sending variable to multiple number :

target : 082227097005|Fonnte|Admin|Indonesia,081234156789|Susi|User|Malaysia
message : Hello {name}! You are login as {var1} from {var2}

The messages will be sent to 6282227097005 with message Hello Fonnte! You are login as Admin from Indonesia and 628123456789 with message Hello Susi! You are login as User from Malaysia

Since the new rewrite also changes the API fields and url, you will need to migrate legacy API to new API.

Legacy API will be deprecated on 1 January 2023.

Send Message

Legacy API	New API
https://md.fonnte.com/api/send_message.php	https://api.fonnte.com/send
field phone and text	moved to target and message
require several fields to run	only target field is required
require the right field type	no field type
type text using text field & tipe image/file/audio/video using caption	all message will only use message field
not supporting variable	support variable
delay_req is optional	remove delay_req
filename may different than expected	add support for filename field
no country code support for replacing first zero	add country code support for replacing first zero
small typo may lead to failed sending message	better typo handling for easier sending message
cannot send button, template and list	support send button, template, list

Device Profile

move url from https://md.fonnte.com/api/profile.php to https://api.fonnte.com/device

Get QR

move url from https://md.fonnte.com/api/connect.php to https://api.fonnte.com/qr

Validate

This API will validate whether the number is exist on whatsapp or not

Message Status

move url form https://md.fonnte.com/api/status.php to https://api.fonnte.com/status

Disconnect

move url from https://md.fonnte.com/api/disconnect.php to https://api.fonnte.com/disconnect