WhatsApp Alternative
Link session to a sender
Attach the session to a sender so the sender’s outbound WhatsApp messages route through this session and inbound messages are attributed to it. Not available with test-mode API keys.
POST
/
v1
/
whatsapp-alt
/
sessions
/
{sessionId}
/
link
Link session to a sender
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.zavu.dev/v1/whatsapp-alt/sessions/{sessionId}/link \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"senderId": "sender_12345"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.zavu.dev/v1/whatsapp-alt/sessions/{sessionId}/link"
payload = { "senderId": "sender_12345" }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({senderId: 'sender_12345'})
};
fetch('https://api.zavu.dev/v1/whatsapp-alt/sessions/{sessionId}/link', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.zavu.dev/v1/whatsapp-alt/sessions/{sessionId}/link",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'senderId' => 'sender_12345'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.zavu.dev/v1/whatsapp-alt/sessions/{sessionId}/link"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"senderId\": \"sender_12345\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.zavu.dev/v1/whatsapp-alt/sessions/{sessionId}/link")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"senderId\": \"sender_12345\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.zavu.dev/v1/whatsapp-alt/sessions/{sessionId}/link")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"senderId\": \"sender_12345\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"session": {
"id": "jd7x2k3m4n5p6q7r8s9t0",
"egress": {
"nodeId": "<string>",
"country": "cl"
},
"createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"displayName": "<string>",
"qrCode": "<string>",
"phoneNumber": "+56912345678",
"pushName": "<string>",
"senderId": "<string>",
"lastError": "<string>",
"lastConnectedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
}{
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "Phone number is invalid",
"details": {}
}{
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "Phone number is invalid",
"details": {}
}{
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "Phone number is invalid",
"details": {}
}Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Path Parameters
Body
application/json
Sender to attach this session to. The sender's outbound WhatsApp traffic then routes through this session, and inbound messages are attributed to it.
Response
Session linked.
Show child attributes
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⌘I
Link session to a sender
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.zavu.dev/v1/whatsapp-alt/sessions/{sessionId}/link \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"senderId": "sender_12345"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.zavu.dev/v1/whatsapp-alt/sessions/{sessionId}/link"
payload = { "senderId": "sender_12345" }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({senderId: 'sender_12345'})
};
fetch('https://api.zavu.dev/v1/whatsapp-alt/sessions/{sessionId}/link', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.zavu.dev/v1/whatsapp-alt/sessions/{sessionId}/link",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'senderId' => 'sender_12345'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.zavu.dev/v1/whatsapp-alt/sessions/{sessionId}/link"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"senderId\": \"sender_12345\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.zavu.dev/v1/whatsapp-alt/sessions/{sessionId}/link")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"senderId\": \"sender_12345\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.zavu.dev/v1/whatsapp-alt/sessions/{sessionId}/link")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"senderId\": \"sender_12345\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"session": {
"id": "jd7x2k3m4n5p6q7r8s9t0",
"egress": {
"nodeId": "<string>",
"country": "cl"
},
"createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"displayName": "<string>",
"qrCode": "<string>",
"phoneNumber": "+56912345678",
"pushName": "<string>",
"senderId": "<string>",
"lastError": "<string>",
"lastConnectedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
}{
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "Phone number is invalid",
"details": {}
}{
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "Phone number is invalid",
"details": {}
}{
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "Phone number is invalid",
"details": {}
}