How do I send a message to a whatsapp channel?

[ernestoyoofi]

Describe the bug I tried to send a message in channel with baileys, but it didn't work and instead sent to an id with nowhere to go.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. I tried to find the channel id by logging into whatsapp web using kiwi browser so that I can see the Inspect element, and I found the id 120363190224821113@newsletter as per the screenshot below

2. I created a trigger function where if I send the command !msgtochannel can send to the channel

3. After that I tried to send a command so that the message was sent to the channel, but the result was nothing at all, no error occurred.

   

   I don't know where this is actually going.

   

Expected behavior I wish I could send messages to my whatsapp channel with baileys like on whatsapp web too.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• Is this on a server? No, I'm running it on my phone (termux)
• What do your connectOptions look like?

  {
    auth: state,
    logger: P({ level: "silent" }),
    printQRInTerminal: false,
    syncFullHistory: false,
    generateHighQualityLinkPreview: true,
    version: [2,2323,4],
    browser: ["Chrome (Linux)", "browser", ""],
  }
  

  
• Do you have multiple clients on the same IP? No
• Are you using a proxy? No

[ernestoyoofi]

a little addition, after i adding a console to see the sent message, it looks like sending a normal message but with the 120363190224821113@newsletter id

[zaadevofc]

a little addition, after i adding a console to see the sent message, it looks like sending a normal message but with the 120363190224821113@newsletter id

what is the name of the event you use?

[ernestoyoofi]

a little addition, after i adding a console to see the sent message, it looks like sending a normal message but with the 120363190224821113@newsletter id

what is the name of the event you use?

messages.upsert but actually no message was sent on the event, then i try to add .then(console.log) to see the structure of the message being sent

[ravindu01manoj]

a little addition, after i adding a console to see the sent message, it looks like sending a normal message but with the 120363190224821113@newsletter id

the JID replace 'newsletter' with 's.whatsapp.net' in JID normalization function. Channel messages are not end-to-end encrypted, so we cannot send messages to channels using the 'sendMessage' function.

[ernestoyoofi]

a little addition, after i adding a console to see the sent message, it looks like sending a normal message but with the 120363190224821113@newsletter id

the JID replace 'newsletter' with 's.whatsapp.net' in JID normalization function. Channel messages are not end-to-end encrypted, so we cannot send messages to channels using the 'sendMessage' function.

So, is there a workaround to send messages to the channel? or, maybe there is another solution to send a message to the channel, i'll wait for the latest update if there is one.

[guimox]

@Auties00 any updates on this?

[Riders004]

Find the channel id in console by running the bot

[ernestoyoofi]

Find the channel id in console by running the bot

I didn't find the channel id at all, how?, in the bot console it's not there either

[mzayn]

still have update for this ? cause want to send message at channel

[himanshuja]

Do anybody get any workaround on this? Thanks in Advance.

[Raf1nho]

I did lots of tests and research about this feature and seems like it's not really possible to send messages to channels through baileys right now. I couldn't find any workaround.

I've seem messages from @PurpShell on the lib discord server saying they are working on supporting WhatsApp channels.

[Rippanteq7]

U can send it using sock.query

[Rippanteq7]

I've tried it by converting function from Whatsmeow library to Baileys library

[mzayn]

U can send it using sock.query

can your share the sample code for send message for that ?

[Riders004]

U can send it using sock.query

Can you share the code

[vanSnowi]

a little addition, after i adding a console to see the sent message, it looks like sending a normal message but with the 120363190224821113@newsletter id

the JID replace 'newsletter' with 's.whatsapp.net' in JID normalization function. Channel messages are not end-to-end encrypted, so we cannot send messages to channels using the 'sendMessage' function.

What function could we use for Newsletter

[vanSnowi]

U can send it using sock.query

Does this Work for post in status too? And which code?

[ernestoyoofi]

U can send it using sock.query

Can you give me the short code?

[Rippanteq7]

can your share the sample code for send message for that ?

Sorry for the late reply, here's an example code for sending a text message to a channel

const { proto } = require('@whiskeysockets/baileys')

const msg = { conversation: 'some text' }
const jid = '123@newsletter'

const plaintext = proto.Message.encode(msg).finish()
const plaintextNode = {
	tag: 'plaintext',
	attrs: {},
	content: plaintext
}
const node = {
	tag: 'message',
	attrs: { to: jid, type: 'text' },
	content: [plaintextNode]
}

return sock.query(node)

[Rippanteq7]

Does this Work for post in status too? And which code?

U can use sendMessage function for post status

[Raf1nho]

can your share the sample code for send message for that ?

Sorry for the late reply, here's an example code for sending a text message to a channel

const { proto } = require('@whiskeysockets/baileys')

const msg = { conversation: 'some text' }
const jid = '123@newsletter'

const plaintext = proto.Message.encode(msg).finish()
const plaintextNode = {
	tag: 'plaintext',
	attrs: {},
	content: plaintext
}
const node = {
	tag: 'message',
	attrs: { to: jid, type: 'text' },
	content: [plaintextNode]
}

return sock.query(node)

I get this error when trying to send message with your solution. Any idea of what I could be missing?

{"level":40,"time":1713197012478,"pid":32697,"hostname":"pop-os","attrs":{"from":"120363261578705116@newsletter","class":"message","id":"16992.57232-7","error":"400","t":"1713197012"},"msg":"received error in ack"}

I already checked that the user is a channel admin and that the channel id is corret.

[Riders004]

can your share the sample code for send message for that ?

Sorry for the late reply, here's an example code for sending a text message to a channel

const { proto } = require('@whiskeysockets/baileys')

const msg = { conversation: 'some text' }
const jid = '123@newsletter'

const plaintext = proto.Message.encode(msg).finish()
const plaintextNode = {
	tag: 'plaintext',
	attrs: {},
	content: plaintext
}
const node = {
	tag: 'message',
	attrs: { to: jid, type: 'text' },
	content: [plaintextNode]
}

return sock.query(node)

I get this error when trying to send message with your solution. Any idea of what I could be missing?

{"level":40,"time":1713197012478,"pid":32697,"hostname":"pop-os","attrs":{"from":"120363261578705116@newsletter","class":"message","id":"16992.57232-7","error":"400","t":"1713197012"},"msg":"received error in ack"}

I already checked that the user is a channel admin and that the channel id is corret.

It's not an error it's log maybe your in your bot connection have log

[Rippanteq7]

can your share the sample code for send message for that ?

Sorry for the late reply, here's an example code for sending a text message to a channel

const { proto } = require('@whiskeysockets/baileys')

const msg = { conversation: 'some text' }
const jid = '123@newsletter'

const plaintext = proto.Message.encode(msg).finish()
const plaintextNode = {
	tag: 'plaintext',
	attrs: {},
	content: plaintext
}
const node = {
	tag: 'message',
	attrs: { to: jid, type: 'text' },
	content: [plaintextNode]
}

return sock.query(node)

I get this error when trying to send message with your solution. Any idea of what I could be missing?

{"level":40,"time":1713197012478,"pid":32697,"hostname":"pop-os","attrs":{"from":"120363261578705116@newsletter","class":"message","id":"16992.57232-7","error":"400","t":"1713197012"},"msg":"received error in ack"}

I already checked that the user is a channel admin and that the channel id is corret.

I have no idea about that. But, was the message successfully sent to the channel?

[Raf1nho]

can your share the sample code for send message for that ?

Sorry for the late reply, here's an example code for sending a text message to a channel

const { proto } = require('@whiskeysockets/baileys')

const msg = { conversation: 'some text' }
const jid = '123@newsletter'

const plaintext = proto.Message.encode(msg).finish()
const plaintextNode = {
	tag: 'plaintext',
	attrs: {},
	content: plaintext
}
const node = {
	tag: 'message',
	attrs: { to: jid, type: 'text' },
	content: [plaintextNode]
}

return sock.query(node)

I get this error when trying to send message with your solution. Any idea of what I could be missing? {"level":40,"time":1713197012478,"pid":32697,"hostname":"pop-os","attrs":{"from":"120363261578705116@newsletter","class":"message","id":"16992.57232-7","error":"400","t":"1713197012"},"msg":"received error in ack"} I already checked that the user is a channel admin and that the channel id is corret.

I have no idea about that. But, was the message successfully sent to the channel?

@Rippanteq7 No, it isn't sent to the channel :(

@Riders004 the only log i get ater trying to send the message is this:

{
  tag: 'ack',
  attrs: {
    from: '120363261578705116@newsletter',
    class: 'message',
    id: '60438.34089-10',
    error: '400',
    t: '1713201479'
  },
  content: undefined
}

[Rippanteq7]

can your share the sample code for send message for that ?

Sorry for the late reply, here's an example code for sending a text message to a channel

const { proto } = require('@whiskeysockets/baileys')

const msg = { conversation: 'some text' }
const jid = '123@newsletter'

const plaintext = proto.Message.encode(msg).finish()
const plaintextNode = {
	tag: 'plaintext',
	attrs: {},
	content: plaintext
}
const node = {
	tag: 'message',
	attrs: { to: jid, type: 'text' },
	content: [plaintextNode]
}

return sock.query(node)

I get this error when trying to send message with your solution. Any idea of what I could be missing? {"level":40,"time":1713197012478,"pid":32697,"hostname":"pop-os","attrs":{"from":"120363261578705116@newsletter","class":"message","id":"16992.57232-7","error":"400","t":"1713197012"},"msg":"received error in ack"} I already checked that the user is a channel admin and that the channel id is corret.

I have no idea about that. But, was the message successfully sent to the channel?

@Rippanteq7 No, it isn't sent to the channel :(

@Riders004 the only log i get ater trying to send the message is this:

{
  tag: 'ack',
  attrs: {
    from: '120363261578705116@newsletter',
    class: 'message',
    id: '60438.34089-10',
    error: '400',
    t: '1713201479'
  },
  content: undefined
}

What version of baileys r u using? working fine for me using the latest version from npm

[Raf1nho]

can your share the sample code for send message for that ?

Sorry for the late reply, here's an example code for sending a text message to a channel

const { proto } = require('@whiskeysockets/baileys')

const msg = { conversation: 'some text' }
const jid = '123@newsletter'

const plaintext = proto.Message.encode(msg).finish()
const plaintextNode = {
	tag: 'plaintext',
	attrs: {},
	content: plaintext
}
const node = {
	tag: 'message',
	attrs: { to: jid, type: 'text' },
	content: [plaintextNode]
}

return sock.query(node)

I get this error when trying to send message with your solution. Any idea of what I could be missing? {"level":40,"time":1713197012478,"pid":32697,"hostname":"pop-os","attrs":{"from":"120363261578705116@newsletter","class":"message","id":"16992.57232-7","error":"400","t":"1713197012"},"msg":"received error in ack"} I already checked that the user is a channel admin and that the channel id is corret.

I have no idea about that. But, was the message successfully sent to the channel?

@Rippanteq7 No, it isn't sent to the channel :( @Riders004 the only log i get ater trying to send the message is this:

{
  tag: 'ack',
  attrs: {
    from: '120363261578705116@newsletter',
    class: 'message',
    id: '60438.34089-10',
    error: '400',
    t: '1713201479'
  },
  content: undefined
}

What version of baileys r u using? working fine for me using the latest version from npm

I'm using 6.6.0. Still trying to find out what is wrong.

I don't get any error, just the "received error in ack" log and the message isn't sent. I've tried adding a timeout to the socket.query method, but then i get a timeout error after the mentioned log.

[ernestoyoofi]

can your share the sample code for send message for that ?

Sorry for the late reply, here's an example code for sending a text message to a channel

const { proto } = require('@whiskeysockets/baileys')

const msg = { conversation: 'some text' }
const jid = '123@newsletter'

const plaintext = proto.Message.encode(msg).finish()
const plaintextNode = {
	tag: 'plaintext',
	attrs: {},
	content: plaintext
}
const node = {
	tag: 'message',
	attrs: { to: jid, type: 'text' },
	content: [plaintextNode]
}

return sock.query(node)

I get this error when trying to send message with your solution. Any idea of what I could be missing? {"level":40,"time":1713197012478,"pid":32697,"hostname":"pop-os","attrs":{"from":"120363261578705116@newsletter","class":"message","id":"16992.57232-7","error":"400","t":"1713197012"},"msg":"received error in ack"} I already checked that the user is a channel admin and that the channel id is corret.

I have no idea about that. But, was the message successfully sent to the channel?

@Rippanteq7 No, it isn't sent to the channel :(

@Riders004 the only log i get ater trying to send the message is this:

{
  tag: 'ack',
  attrs: {
    from: '120363261578705116@newsletter',
    class: 'message',
    id: '60438.34089-10',
    error: '400',
    t: '1713201479'
  },
  content: undefined
}

i also experience this, but when i move to whatsapp which is registered as beta sometimes it can be sent even though it often still errors with error 400, I don't know what the solution is.

@Rippanteq7 how does your script work properly, or is this an error from the whatsapp server?

[Rippanteq7]

can your share the sample code for send message for that ?

Sorry for the late reply, here's an example code for sending a text message to a channel

const { proto } = require('@whiskeysockets/baileys')

const msg = { conversation: 'some text' }
const jid = '123@newsletter'

const plaintext = proto.Message.encode(msg).finish()
const plaintextNode = {
	tag: 'plaintext',
	attrs: {},
	content: plaintext
}
const node = {
	tag: 'message',
	attrs: { to: jid, type: 'text' },
	content: [plaintextNode]
}

return sock.query(node)

I get this error when trying to send message with your solution. Any idea of what I could be missing? {"level":40,"time":1713197012478,"pid":32697,"hostname":"pop-os","attrs":{"from":"120363261578705116@newsletter","class":"message","id":"16992.57232-7","error":"400","t":"1713197012"},"msg":"received error in ack"} I already checked that the user is a channel admin and that the channel id is corret.

I have no idea about that. But, was the message successfully sent to the channel?

@Rippanteq7 No, it isn't sent to the channel :( @Riders004 the only log i get ater trying to send the message is this:

{
  tag: 'ack',
  attrs: {
    from: '120363261578705116@newsletter',
    class: 'message',
    id: '60438.34089-10',
    error: '400',
    t: '1713201479'
  },
  content: undefined
}

i also experience this, but when i move to whatsapp which is registered as beta sometimes it can be sent even though it often still errors with error 400, I don't know what the solution is.

@Rippanteq7 how does your script work properly, or is this an error from the whatsapp server?

Well, I have no idea. My friend tried it also works fine on him

[ernestoyoofi]

can your share the sample code for send message for that ?

Sorry for the late reply, here's an example code for sending a text message to a channel

const { proto } = require('@whiskeysockets/baileys')

const msg = { conversation: 'some text' }
const jid = '123@newsletter'

const plaintext = proto.Message.encode(msg).finish()
const plaintextNode = {
	tag: 'plaintext',
	attrs: {},
	content: plaintext
}
const node = {
	tag: 'message',
	attrs: { to: jid, type: 'text' },
	content: [plaintextNode]
}

return sock.query(node)

I get this error when trying to send message with your solution. Any idea of what I could be missing? {"level":40,"time":1713197012478,"pid":32697,"hostname":"pop-os","attrs":{"from":"120363261578705116@newsletter","class":"message","id":"16992.57232-7","error":"400","t":"1713197012"},"msg":"received error in ack"} I already checked that the user is a channel admin and that the channel id is corret.

I have no idea about that. But, was the message successfully sent to the channel?

@Rippanteq7 No, it isn't sent to the channel :( @Riders004 the only log i get ater trying to send the message is this:

{
  tag: 'ack',
  attrs: {
    from: '120363261578705116@newsletter',
    class: 'message',
    id: '60438.34089-10',
    error: '400',
    t: '1713201479'
  },
  content: undefined
}

i also experience this, but when i move to whatsapp which is registered as beta sometimes it can be sent even though it often still errors with error 400, I don't know what the solution is.

@Rippanteq7 how does your script work properly, or is this an error from the whatsapp server?

Well, I have no idea. My friend tried it also works fine on him

May I know what version of balieys and client you are?, also the same with WhatsApp what version?, is it participating in the beta program?

My version use:

• WhatsApp : 2.24.9.16 (Beta)
• Client : 2.2403.2
• Balieys Package : 6.6.0

[Rippanteq7]

can your share the sample code for send message for that ?

Sorry for the late reply, here's an example code for sending a text message to a channel

const { proto } = require('@whiskeysockets/baileys')

const msg = { conversation: 'some text' }
const jid = '123@newsletter'

const plaintext = proto.Message.encode(msg).finish()
const plaintextNode = {
	tag: 'plaintext',
	attrs: {},
	content: plaintext
}
const node = {
	tag: 'message',
	attrs: { to: jid, type: 'text' },
	content: [plaintextNode]
}

return sock.query(node)

I get this error when trying to send message with your solution. Any idea of what I could be missing? {"level":40,"time":1713197012478,"pid":32697,"hostname":"pop-os","attrs":{"from":"120363261578705116@newsletter","class":"message","id":"16992.57232-7","error":"400","t":"1713197012"},"msg":"received error in ack"} I already checked that the user is a channel admin and that the channel id is corret.

I have no idea about that. But, was the message successfully sent to the channel?

@Rippanteq7 No, it isn't sent to the channel :( @Riders004 the only log i get ater trying to send the message is this:

{
  tag: 'ack',
  attrs: {
    from: '120363261578705116@newsletter',
    class: 'message',
    id: '60438.34089-10',
    error: '400',
    t: '1713201479'
  },
  content: undefined
}

i also experience this, but when i move to whatsapp which is registered as beta sometimes it can be sent even though it often still errors with error 400, I don't know what the solution is. @Rippanteq7 how does your script work properly, or is this an error from the whatsapp server?

Well, I have no idea. My friend tried it also works fine on him

May I know what version of balieys and client you are?, also the same with WhatsApp what version?, is it participating in the beta program?

My version use:

• WhatsApp : 2.24.9.16 (Beta)
• Client : 2.2403.2
• Balieys Package : 6.6.0

• WhatsApp : 2.24.7.6 (Beta)
• Client : 2.2403.2
• Baileys Package : 6.6.0