Solved: Action button to send message on WhatsApp

DPM_reports · 03-20-2020 02:53 PM

Please relate an action button to initiate a WhatsApp message similar to the send sms option available now

Durgesh_Shirsat

Its working for me:

CONCATENATE(“https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=",CONCATENATE("+91”,[Faculty Number]),"&text=",CONCATENATE("Namaste ",[Name]…)
–> replace +91 by your countrycode, here Faculty Number is my column where 10 digit mobile number(except country code) is stored. And the concate the predefined message with dynamic values.

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Marco_Cruz

SUBSTITUTE(“https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=55seunumerodetelefone&text=Olá%20este%20é%20o%20número%20de%20co...”, “seunumerodetelefone”, [Celular])

DPM_reports

where do we put this expression…

and what does this mean in the expression “seunumerodetelefone”

Steve

I suspect the gist is that you can send messages to WhatsApp using WhatsApp’s public API. You’ll need to research how to do that.

Marco_Cruz

Yourphonenumber

Marco_Cruz

DPM_reports

This works…for general users u must replace “55seunumerodetelefone” with your whatsapp phone no.

@Aleksi @Steve how do we add variables in such an expression…the below is the message that directly appears in the chat box…how can we customise it to our table

text=Ol%C3%A1%20este%20%C3%A9%20o%20n%C3%BAmero%20de%20contato%20do%20WhatsApp%20da%20FaPetSitter

DPM_reports

how do add variable data so that message created will pull data from the Google sheet

Nicolas_Feldman

Hi everyone!
Should this work on any app if I just copy and paste and change “55seunumerodetelefone” for my phone number? What else should be changed¿?

Thanks!

Durgesh_Shirsat

Its working for me:

CONCATENATE(“https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=",CONCATENATE("+91”,[Faculty Number]),"&text=",CONCATENATE("Namaste ",[Name]…)
–> replace +91 by your countrycode, here Faculty Number is my column where 10 digit mobile number(except country code) is stored. And the concate the predefined message with dynamic values.

DPM_reports

Is there an option to add photos clicked on the app to the Whatsapp message.

And also is there a way to send these Whatsapp messages to a particular group in Whatsapp

@Durgesh_Shirsath @Suvrutt_Gurjar

dannycolombo90

Amazing, it works perfectly, thanks for sharing. Just for clarification for other people, I think the formula is just missing a closed bracket at the end -> )

Marco_Cruz

The expression for portuguese, Brazil

Aleksi

Try something like…
“https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=55”&[Celular]&
“text=Olá%20este%20é%20o%20número%20de%20contato%20do%20WhatsApp%20da%20FaPetSitter”

DPM_reports

This expression opens whatsapp and the correct persons chat…but the message is empty and no data is taken from the sheet…

please help

Aleksi

You need to read the value from your record in the same way than the phone number like…

“https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=55”&[Celular]&“text=”&[Message]

Steve

Better:

"https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=55”&ENCODEURL([Celular])&“text=”&ENCODEURL([Message])

DPM_reports

But I need the message to contain variables from the row in question and create a message with it’s contents

Steve

Aleksi’s example includes variables from the row.

Danny_Reyes

I am using this formula

CONCATENATE("https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=”&ENCODEURL([Celular])&“text=”&ENCODEURL(CONCATENATE("Tu solicitud número de contrato código “, [UniqueReqID], " a nombre de “, [Nombre titular],” ha sido aprobada”)))

…the app open Whatsapp chat for [Celular], but no message are included. ¿What I am doing wrong?

Steve

Your expression:

CONCATENATE(
  "https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=”
  & ENCODEURL([Celular])
  & “text=”
  & ENCODEURL(
    CONCATENATE(
      "Tu solicitud número de contrato código “,
      [UniqueReqID],
      " a nombre de “,
      [Nombre titular],
      ” ha sido aprobada”
    )
  )
)

My suggestion:

CONCATENATE(
  "https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=”,
  ENCODEURL([Celular]),
  “&text=”,
  ENCODEURL(
    CONCATENATE(
      "Tu solicitud número de contrato código “,
      [UniqueReqID],
      " a nombre de “,
      [Nombre titular],
      ” ha sido aprobada”
    )
  )
)

Danny_Reyes

Steve:

CONCATENATE(
  "https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=”,
  ENCODEURL([Celular]),
  “&text=”,
  ENCODEURL(
    CONCATENATE(
      "Tu solicitud número de contrato código “,
      [UniqueReqID],
      " a nombre de “,
      [Nombre titular],
      ” ha sido aprobada”
    )
  )
)

Thanks Steve!
It is working great

Morpheus_Sapien

Hi, I found this discussion and tried your suggestion, but I’m not getting things right. Whatsapp is called and opened correctly, the text is in the right place also, but the msg comes with " %20 " everywhere.

CONCATENATE(
  "https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=",
  ENCODEURL([customer_id].[Whatsapp]),
  "&text=",
  ENCODEURL(
    CONCATENATE(
      "Seu pedido foi reservado, confirme seu Endereço e pedido para prosseguir com sua compra, ",
      [customer_id].[Address]
      " Address ",
      [order_id],
      " ha sido aprobada"
    )
  )
)

If you take a look on this video Base de datos AppSheet Lección 6: Papelería Micra parte 4 Mensaje de WhatsApp - YouTube, you’ll see the whole process done in 30 min. He also created a virtual column, not sure yet what’s that for. Your expression is a way cleaner, I’d like to know how to avoid the %20 between every single word.

Something like this would be amazing:

Hello there, your order needs to be confirmed. Please check your information and ____.

Name: [Name]
Address: [Address]

Order: [Order_ID]
Items: [List of Items_ID],
Products : [Product_ID][Name]

Quantity: [Quantity]

Total: [Sum_order]

you’ll find this expression on that youtube link I shared above.

"https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=52"
&TEXT(SELECT(Clientes[Telefono], [No. de cliente] = [Cliente])) &
"&text="
&ENCODEURL(
"*No de venta:* "&[No de venta]&
" *Vendedor:* "&TEXT(SELECT(Empleados[Nombre], [No. Empleado] = [Vendedor]))&
" *Cliente:* "&TEXT(SELECT(Clientes[Nombre], [No. de cliente] = [Cliente]))&
" *Producto* *Cantidad* *Precio* *Monto*"&" "
&SELECT(Venta[WhatsApp], [No de venta] = [_THISROW].[No de venta])&" *Total:* $"&SUM(SELECT (Venta[Monto], [No de venta]=[_THISROW].[No de venta])) )

Suarezdelrio

Hi!

Thank for your help. I used it and it's run perfectly but only in Whatsapp WEB version. If I use the appsheet in my movile phone, that action only open the chat whith the person, whitout any message. I'm doing something wrong? or it's normal?

Thank so much

DPM_reports

use this expression and replace the values in square brackets to dynamic headers as in your data…i am using it without any issue and is working superbly…also remember +91 to your country code

CONCATENATE(“[https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=",CONCATENATE("+91 ](https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=",CONCATENATE("+91)”,[Faculty Number]),"&text=",CONCATENATE(" Namaste ",[Name]…)

Hello_Sol

Is there any way to send images and url to the whatsapp groups from the images i have clicked using Appsheet

Once i click the action Image and Url in the Appsheet App should go to the phone number or group please let me know if it is possible and process to do it

Thanks in Advance

DPM_reports

Yes you can just add the name of the colum in the message in square brackets…what will happen is the image will be added in the message as a link…upon clicking on it the image will appear

Rifad

I am getting like this in WhatsApp

Share on WhatsApp Out the task- Link for Dev entry to HangOut
Link- https://www.appsheet.com/start/{9fe64564-684c-4cb3-9704-62b3d6f24836}

But the actual one looks like this

Share on WhatsApp Out the task- Link for Dev entry to HangOut
Link- https://www.appsheet.com/start/{9fe64564-684c-4cb3-9704-62b3d6f24836}#control=Developer%20Help%20Not...

Steve

Wrap [Titile] with ENCODEURL():

ENCODEURL([Title])

Also, you only need CONCATENATE() once in your expression.