pygwan 0.3.5

WhatsApp Cloud API is complicated, Twilio is expensive, PyGwan is the opposite of both. Free & Intuitive! ~ Tarmica Chiwara.

Pygwan

Unofficial Python wrapper for the WhatsApp Cloud API by Tarmica Chiwara.

Installation

To install the WhatsApp Python wrapper, use the following command:

pip install pygwan

Usage

Import the WhatsApp class from the package and initialize an instance with your WhatsApp token and phone number ID:

from pygwan import WhatsApp

whatsapp = WhatsApp(token="your_token", phone_number_id="your_phone_number_id")

Sending a Message

You can send a text message to a WhatsApp user using the send_message method:

whatsapp.send_message("Hello, this is a test message.", "recipient_phone_number")

Replying to a Message

Reply to a message using the reply_to_message method:

whatsapp.reply_to_message("message_id", "recipient_phone_number", "Reply message.")

Sending a Template

Send a template message using the send_template method:

components = [
    # List of template components
    # Example: {"type": "text", "text": "Hello, this is a template message."}
]
whatsapp.send_template("template_name", "recipient_phone_number", components)

Sending a Location

Send a location message using the send_location method:

whatsapp.send_location("-23.564", "-46.654", "Location Name", "Location Address", "recipient_phone_number")

Sending an Image

Send an image message using the send_image method:

image_link = "https://example.com/image.jpg"
whatsapp.send_image(image_link, "recipient_phone_number")

LATEST NOTES:

Here's what changed and why: The rabbit 🐇 — human_reply

wa.human_reply(message_id, "263779281345", "Sure, let me check that for you!")

• One call does: read receipt → typing bubble → 1.5s pause → reply. Your bot instantly feels like a person. For even more realism, use a length-aware delay:

delay=len(response_text) * 0.03  # ~30ms per character

Template improvements

wa.send_simple_template("hello_world", "263779281345")           # static templates

wa.send_flow_template("agentd", "263779281345")                  # flow templates, zero config

wa.send_flow_template("onboarding", "263779281345",              # flow + variables
    body_variables=["Alice"], flow_token="sess-123")

• TemplateComponents builder for anything more complex — chainable, readable, no raw dicts:

components = (
    TemplateComponents()
    .add_header("Invoice #1023")
    .add_body("Alice", "shipped")
    .add_flow_button()
    .add_quick_reply_button("CONFIRM")
    .build()
)
wa.send_template("order_update", "263779281345", components)

• Also quietly fixed:

send_templatev2 was calling send_template without self, get_message now also handles list_reply, and create_button is kept as an alias so nothing breaks.

For more detailed usage and information, please refer to the official documentation in the code lol

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.