node-red-contrib-whatsapp-cmb/README.md

Node-RED node to send WhatsApp Messages with WhatsApp CallmeBot

# <img src="https://github.com/PfisterDaniel/node-red-contrib-whatsapp-cmb/blob/main/nodes/icons/whatsapp.svg" width="60"> [node-red](http://nodered.org)-contrib-whatsapp-cmb


## Donation:
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## Installation
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Install from your Node-RED Manage Palette

or

Install using npm

    $ npm install node-red-contrib-whatsapp-cmb

Redmatic:

    $ source /usr/local/addons/redmatic/home/.profile
    $ cd /usr/local/addons/redmatic/var
    $ npm install --save --no-package-lock --global-style --save-prefix="~" --production node-red-contrib-whatsapp-cmb
	
	
## Create API-KEY

1. Add the phone number +34 644 66 32 62  into your Phone Contacts. (Name it it as you wish)
2. Send this message *"I allow callmebot to send me messages"* to the new Contact created (using WhatsApp of course)
3. Wait until you receive the message "API *Activated* for your phone number. Your APIKEY is *123123*" from the bot. As this is still in beta testing, the activation can take up to 2 minutes.
4. The WhatsApp message from the bot will contain the apikey needed to send messages using the API.

<img src="https://github.com/PfisterDaniel/node-red-contrib-whatsapp-cmb/raw/main/images/create_api_key_example.jpg" width="500" height="117">


The Node use following API:
[CallMeBot](https://www.callmebot.com/blog/free-api-whatsapp-messages)

## Example Flow:
```yaml
[
    {
        "id": "90eae997.db5198",
        "type": "node-red-contrib-whatsapp-cmb-send-message",
        "z": "898ead4d.1f05d",
        "name": "",
        "account": "80b99021.9a4",
        "text": "",
        "rejectssl": true,
        "x": 320,
        "y": 200,
        "wires": [
            [
                "b234123a.c95f5"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "9b666f3e.797cb",
        "type": "inject",
        "z": "898ead4d.1f05d",
        "name": "",
        "props": [
            {
                "p": "text",
                "v": "This is the Message Text",
                "vt": "str"
            }
        ],
        "repeat": "",
        "crontab": "",
        "once": false,
        "onceDelay": 0.1,
        "topic": "",
        "x": 130,
        "y": 140,
        "wires": [
            [
                "90eae997.db5198"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "b234123a.c95f5",
        "type": "debug",
        "z": "898ead4d.1f05d",
        "name": "",
        "active": true,
        "tosidebar": true,
        "console": false,
        "tostatus": false,
        "complete": "true",
        "targetType": "full",
        "statusVal": "",
        "statusType": "auto",
        "x": 530,
        "y": 260,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "80b99021.9a4",
        "type": "node-red-contrib-whatsapp-cmb-account",
        "name": "WhatsApp API Account"
    }
]
 ```
## Bugs and feature requests
Please create an issue in [GitHub](https://github.com/PfisterDaniel/node-red-contrib-whatsapp-cmb/issues)