# Sending a whatsapp message through thunkable
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/sending-a-whatsapp-message-through-thunkable/1042016
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [January 1, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/sending-a-whatsapp-message-through-thunkable/1042016 "2021-01-01T07:37:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@codeswept](https://community.thunkable.com/u/codeswept)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/sending-a-whatsapp-message-through-thunkable/1042016/21 "2021-01-02T13:32:34Z")
Thank you very much for this. I’ll do a bit of Googling on which one accepts 00[number]. Yes, I’ll also check if
1. Number contains a +
2. At least 13 characters.
Thanks for your help.
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### Author:  [@baltairmd](https://community.thunkable.com/u/baltairmd)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/sending-a-whatsapp-message-through-thunkable/1042016/22 "2021-01-06T17:54:42Z")
To you WhatsApp’s business API you need to work with an approved vendor as far as I know. Twilio is one of them. They also have super cheap SMS rates but I know you mentioned you don’t like SMS (it’s still the default here in NA).
Try signing up for a Twilio account if you’re familiar with using API calls.
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### Author:  [@chilledtimes.edition](https://community.thunkable.com/u/chilledtimes.edition)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2021, 7:17am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/sending-a-whatsapp-message-through-thunkable/1042016/23 "2021-01-07T07:17:04Z")
> [@codeswept](#):
>
> equires that messages should be able to be sent to numbers, even if they aren’t part of your contacts. The SHARE component only allowed us to share with contacts, and even in that the user had to select the contact name, without being able to go directly to the chat. So, I had to resort to using the SHARE component’s SMS option, which was terrible, since
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> 1. In the era of WhatsApp, nobody checks SMS anymore, and
> 2. SMS costs money to send.
> Now I have added this open link with the WhatsApp API using your format, and it worked! Initially, it wasn’t working because I’d forgotten about the international format requirement, but I solved it by using a join block. Is there anyway that the app can automatically put the country code? Or will 00[number] work fine for any country?
> Thanks!
@codeswept thanks a ton, will consider that option once again
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/sending-a-whatsapp-message-through-thunkable/1042016/24 "2024-11-08T13:31:06Z")
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