Web link to specific whatsapp contact

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I d like to place a link on a webpage which opens a whatsapp chat with a certain whatsapp contact  In other words  I want a  contact me by whatsapp  link to go next to the page s  Contact us my facebook twitter google  etc  links  Something like   href  whatsapp contact 015555555555 s whatsapp com amp message  I d like to chat with you

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I tried all combination for swiss numbers on my webpage. Below my results:

Doesn't work for Android and iOS

https://wa.me/0790000000/?text=myText

Works for iOS but doesn't work for Android

https://wa.me/0041790000000/?text=myText
https://wa.me/+41790000000/?text=myText

Works for Android and iOS:

https://wa.me/41790000000/?text=myText
https://wa.me/041790000000/?text=myText

Hope this information helps somebody!

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UPDATE ADDED AT THE END           I ve tried many approaches and I have a winner  see Test 3   here is the result of each one   I think the Test 3 will also work for you because if the person visiting your site doesn t have you on their contact list  it s the only option that will allow it   In all tests  the number had to be complete  with country and location code without any initial zeros  Example    55 011  99999-9999  NOT   5511999999999       YES   On tests 1 and 2  it only worked with a plus sign on the country code   5511999999999 Test 1   lt a href  quot whatsapp   send abid phonenumber amp text Hello 2C 20World  quot  gt Send Message lt  a gt   This way you must have the phonenumber on your contact list  It doesn t work for me because I wanted to be able to send a message to a number which I may not have on my contact list  If you don t have the number on your contact list  it opens the Whatsapp listing all your registered contacts  so you can choose one  It s a good option for sharing stuff  Test 2   lt a href  quot intent   send phonenumber Intent scheme smsto package com whatsapp action android intent action SENDTO end quot  gt Send Message lt  a gt   This approach only works on Android AND if you have the number on your contact list  If you don t have it  Android opens your SMS app  so you can invite the contact to use Whatsapp  Test 3  The Winner    lt a href  quot https   api whatsapp com send phone 15551234567 quot  gt Send Message lt  a gt   This was the only way that worked fully for me   It works on Android  iOS and Web app on the desktop  You can start a conversation with a number that you don t have on your contact list You can create a link with one pre-built message adding  amp text  message-url-encoded  like   https   api whatsapp com send phone 15551234567 amp text Send20 a20 quote And if you wish to have a bookmarklet for additional ease of use  you may use this one  javascript   function     var val  prompt  quot Enter phone number quot   quot  quot    if  val  location  quot https   api whatsapp com send phone  quot  escape  972    val   quot  quot        Youll need to change the country code or remove it  to you r target country and paste it in the address field in a chrome firefox link Worth notice   I had to update my WhatsApp to the latest version The number s country code must not have a leading plus More details here  https   www whatsapp com faq en general 26000030                    UPDATE  START                    Whatsapp made available other option  now you can create one link to a conversation like this  https   wa me  phonenumber  The phone number should be in international format  Like this  https   wa me 552196312XXXX  NOT like this  https   wa me  55 021 96312-XXXX  And if you want to add one pre-built message to your link  you can add  text  at the end with the text URL Encoded  https   wa me 552196312XXXX text  message-url-encoded   Exemple  https   wa me 552196312XXXX text Send20 a20 quote  More info here  https   faq whatsapp com general chats how-to-use-click-to-chat                   UPDATE  END

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Phone Number will be a country code followed by WhatsApp mobile number without any symbol  Please refer below code    lt a href  https   api whatsapp com send phone 19998887878 amp text Hi 20There   gt WhatsApp Now lt  a gt

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Official WhatsApp doc Says-   https   api whatsapp com send phone countrycode phonenumber  Use  https   api whatsapp com send phone 15551234567  Don t use  https   api whatsapp com send phone  001- 555 1234567  https   faq whatsapp com en general 26000030

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From the Official Whatsapp FAQ  https   faq whatsapp com en android 26000030   WhatsApp s Click to Chat feature allows you to begin a chat with someone without having their phone number saved in your phone s address book  As long as you know this person   s phone number  you can create a link that will allow you to start a chat with them  By clicking the link  a chat with the person automatically opens  Click to Chat works on both your phone and WhatsApp Web   To create your own link  use https   wa me  where the  is a full phone number in international format  Omit any zeroes  brackets or dashes when adding the phone number in international format  For a detailed explanation on international numbers  read this article  Please keep in mind that this phone number must have an active account on WhatsApp   Use  https   wa me 15551234567  Don t use  https   wa me  001- 555 1234567

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The solution that worked for me is here in PHP    android   stripos   SERVER  HTTP USER AGENT     android     iphone   stripos   SERVER  HTTP USER AGENT     iphone     ipad   stripos   SERVER  HTTP USER AGENT     ipad      whatsappNumber    1234597891    whatsappLink       if  android     false     ipad     false     iphone     false     For mobile      whatsappLink     lt a href  https   api whatsapp com send phone    whatsappNumber    gt    whatsappNumber   lt  a gt      else    For desktop      whatsappLink     lt a href  https   web whatsapp com send phone    whatsappNumber    gt    whatsappNumber   lt  a gt

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The following link seems to work fine -    lt a href  whatsapp   send text Hello World  amp phone  9198        1  gt Ping me on WhatsApp lt  a gt    It opens the contact in WhatsApp app  along with the message  Hello World   prepopulated in the input text box     Tested this with google chrome on an android phone

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You can use the following URL as per the WhatsApp FAQ   https   wa me PHONENUMBERHERE  Add the country code in front of the number and don t add any plus     sign or any dashes  -  or any other characters in the number  Only integrers numeric values   You can also predefine a text message to start with   https   wa me PHONENUMBERHERE  text urlencodedtext

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For what its worth  as of this writing  Nov  29  2018   the updated API that seems to work on my end is using this link   https   wa me  lt phone number here gt    Note   Just replace the placeholder  lt phone number here gt  with the intended phone number that you want to use INCLUDING the country code  this means I had to add  60 then the rest of the remaining number    It doesn t work on my end without one  using Android and iOS at least   It doesn t work means an error message that says along the lines of  you don t have this number    Reference   https   faq whatsapp com en general 26000030

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This approach only works on Android AND if you have the number on your contact list  If you don t have it  Android opens your SMS app  so you can invite the contact to use Whatsapp    lt a href  https   api whatsapp com send phone 2567xxxxxxxxx  method  get  target   blank  gt  lt i class  fa fa-whatsapp  gt  lt  i gt  lt  a gt    Google Chrome am targeting a blank window

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You can now use a very simple API https   wa me  to perform this task where you can provide a valid whatsapp contact number like 15555555555   add country code  remove all       -   brackets  spaces or leading zeros   You can also provide a urlencoded text as a predefined msg which user can send directly or change before sending   Chat with me link    lt a href  https   wa me 15555555555  gt Contact me by whatsapp lt  a gt   Chat with me link with predefined text    lt a href  https   wa me 15555555555 text I 27d 20like 20to 20chat 20with 20you  gt Contact me on whatsapp lt  a gt   Beauty of this wa me url is you don t need to check user agent as it works on both mobile and desktop  opens web whatsapp com     Source   https   faq whatsapp com en general 26000030  More details in my answer on a similar question https   stackoverflow com a 51854282 2485420

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This answer is useful to them who want click to chat whatsapp in website to redirect web whatsapp com with default content or message and in mobile device to open in whatsapp in mobile app with default content to text bar in app    also add jquery link    lt a  target   blank  title  Contact Us On WhatsApp  href  https   web whatsapp com send phone  919581880892 amp amp text Hi  I would like to get more information    class  whatsapplink hidemobile  style  background-color  2DC100  gt       lt i class  fa fa-fw fa-whatsapp  style  color  fff  gt  lt  i gt       lt span style  color  fff  gt          Contact Us On WhatsApp         lt  span gt   lt  a gt   lt a  target   blank  title  Contact Us On WhatsApp  href  https   api whatsapp com send phone  919581880892 amp text Hi  20I 20would 20like 20to 20get 20more 20information    class  whatsapplink hideweb  style  background-color  2DC100  gt       lt i class  fa fa-fw fa-whatsapp  style  color  fff  gt  lt  i gt       lt span style  color  fff  gt          Contact Us On WhatsApp         lt  span gt   lt  a gt       lt script type  text javascript  gt   var mobile     iphone ipod android blackberry mini windows sce palm i test navigator userAgent toLowerCase        if  mobile              hidemobile   css  display    none       OR you can use     hidemobile   hide       else             hideweb   css  display    none       OR you can use     hideweb   hide       lt  script gt

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I ve tried this    lt a href  whatsapp   send abid phonenumber amp text Hello 2C 20World   gt whatsapp lt  a gt    changing  phonenumber  into a specific phonenumber  This doesn t work completely  but when they click on the link it does open whatsapp and if they click on a contact the message is filled in   If you want to open a specific person in chat you can  but without text filled in    lt a href  intent   send phonenumber Intent scheme smsto package com whatsapp action android intent action SENDTO end  gt test lt  a gt    You ll probably have to make a choice between the two   some links to help you Sharing link on WhatsApp from mobile website  not application  for Android https   www whatsapp com faq nl android 28000012  Hope this helps   I tested this with google chrome on an android phone

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