# Send WhatsApp Text **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [August 20, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/send-whatsapp-text/2553083 "2023-08-20T22:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![doctorsof](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/doctorsof/32/30099_2.png) [@doctorsof](https://community.thunkable.com/u/doctorsof)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/send-whatsapp-text/2553083/1 "2023-08-20T22:20:15Z")
People adding or c/p their phone numbers. (ie +1 (152) 547-785-23 ) … Sometimes with + or () or - or with space so i created this block… But something wrong. I dont understand. I mean it doesnt work. ![1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/1/a/1a64f26a6ad5ac50d26abd96eac56aa49852384a.png) I think space and - deleting is not working. ---
**Author:** ![doctorsof](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/doctorsof/32/30099_2.png) [@doctorsof](https://community.thunkable.com/u/doctorsof)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/send-whatsapp-text/2553083/2 "2023-10-02T17:31:10Z")
This is not working too… ![22](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/7/d/7d47a61a8898b1a09740ab28a3a97bf28ae2ee5d.png) Telefon row means phone. Anyone know that? ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/send-whatsapp-text/2553083/3 "2023-10-02T19:43:21Z")
The first rule of troubleshooting is: **simplify**. Does it work with just a text string without any `get value` blocks? If not, then the problem is not with your data source blocks. If it does work, then the problem is with your data source values or data source blocks. ---
**Author:** ![doctorsof](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/doctorsof/32/30099_2.png) [@doctorsof](https://community.thunkable.com/u/doctorsof)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/send-whatsapp-text/2553083/4 "2023-10-02T20:06:15Z")
I just added a text string and it worked. But when I made it in the form of a link creation beam that it should pull from airtabled, it didn’t work. Especially in one number it didn’t work at all, but when I add it directly to open the link of that number, it opens it without any problem. But unfortunately it does not work when it needs to pull it as a value. But what is really interesting is that it only does this on one phone number. Of course I will solve this, but there is something I missed that I can’t see, I haven’t found it yet. Thank you anyway. I had the same problem with some of the Whatsapp numbers, sometimes working and sometimes not. But what I noticed for sure is that when I open it directly, it opens without any problems. When I tried to open it as a value, there were numbers that it never opened and numbers that it opened. ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/send-whatsapp-text/2553083/5 "2023-10-02T20:10:40Z")
Then you need to confirm that the value you think you are getting from Airtable is actually the value you are getting. Assign a label to the `get value` block and double-check it. There’s a known issue with the `get value` block not loading current values from a data source. It’s been explained that this is not a bug; it is by design. ---
**Author:** ![doctorsof](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/doctorsof/32/30099_2.png) [@doctorsof](https://community.thunkable.com/u/doctorsof)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/send-whatsapp-text/2553083/6 "2023-10-03T00:39:17Z")
![IMG_0062](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/3/c/3c06951a0eeadc87e1eb186f51cc2eecbd046dab.jpeg) ![IMG_0064](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/1/3/134071e1283cea547a5c6bbd5f02a994df767edb.jpeg) I got a very interesting output. I asked it to write to Text Input. And the result I got was exactly the text that appeared without a link. Why doesn’t it recognize it as a link? I wrote the same at the bottom and it sees it as a link. If I copy and paste the text without the link at the top and paste it wherever, it does not see it as a link. I copy it to the browser and it doesn’t work. But the link state at the bottom works normally. How is this possible? ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/send-whatsapp-text/2553083/7 "2023-10-03T03:33:54Z")
I’m not sure. Maybe there is a special character in the Airtable cell that is breaking the link. ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/send-whatsapp-text/2553083/8 "2023-10-04T15:48:18Z")
Hello @doctorsof Have you tried the share block instead of the open link? ---
**Author:** ![doctorsof](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/doctorsof/32/30099_2.png) [@doctorsof](https://community.thunkable.com/u/doctorsof)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/send-whatsapp-text/2553083/9 "2023-10-05T22:01:43Z")
I want to send a message directly to phone number so. Share blocks not included directly to whatsapp. They have sms etc. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/send-whatsapp-text/2553083/10 "2024-01-03T22:02:27Z")
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