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🔍 How-to guides

How-to guides for WAHA - WhatsApp API.

Discover how to use the WAHA, what you can do with it, and how to configure it right for your needs.

🔧 Install & Update →
How to install and update WAHA
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📊 Dashboard →
Dashboard - UI to manage your WhatsApp sessions!
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📚 Swagger (OpenAPI) →
Swagger (OpenAPI) documentation
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🖥️ Sessions →
All about sessions (WhatsApp accounts) actions.
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📤 Send Messages →
Describe how to send messages.
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📥 Receive Messages →
Describe how to receive messages from WhatsApp.
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🔄 Events →
Events - how to set up and handle them using Webhooks and Websockets
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🆔 Profile →
Profile related API
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🌐 Proxy →
Avoid issues with scanning QR codes in WhatsApp.
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📶 Polls →
How to send polls and receive votes
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💬 Chats →
Chats
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👤 Contacts →
Contacts
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📢 Channels →
Channels (aka Newsletter)
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🟢 Status →
Status (aka Stories)
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👥 Groups →
Groups
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✅ Presence →
Presence - online, offline, typing status
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🏷️ Labels →
Labels (available in WhatsApp Business)
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📅 Event Message →
Event Message
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📞 Calls →
Calls
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🏭 Engines →
Under the hood WAHA allows you to use different engines.
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⚙️ Configuration →
Configuration
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🔍 Observability →
Logging, monitoring, healthchecks, etc.
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🔒 Security →
Security
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🗄️ Storages →
Storages - where to save authentication and media files
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➕ WAHA Plus →
WAHA Plus - advanced version with more features!
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