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🚀 Build WhatsApp Bots in Python • Fast. Effortless. Powerful.

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💫 PyWa is an all-in-one Python framework for the WhatsApp Cloud API.

Send rich media messages, use interactive buttons, listen to real-time events, build and send flows, design and send template messages, and enjoy blazing-fast async support with full integration for FastAPI, Flask, and more. Fully typed, documented, and production-ready — build powerful bots in minutes.


📄 Quick Documentation Index

Get Started • Client • Handlers • Listeners • Updates • Filters • Templates • Flows • Calls


⚡ Why PyWa?

  • 🚀 Fast & Simple – Focus on building, not boilerplate.
  • 💬 Rich Messaging – Text, images, files, audio, locations, contacts, buttons & more.
  • 📩 Real-Time Updates – Messages, callbacks, delivery/read receipts, account updates, and more.
  • 🔔 Listeners – Wait for user replies, clicks, or reactions with ease.
  • 📄 Templates – Create and send powerful WhatsApp templates.
  • ♻️ Flows – Build interactive WhatsApp flows effortlessly.
  • 📞 Calls Support – Receive and handle call events.
  • 🔄 Webhook-Ready – Native support for Flask, FastAPI, and more.
  • 🔬 Filters – Advanced filtering for incoming updates.
  • ✅ Production-Ready – Typed, documented, and fully tested.

👨‍💻 How to Use

  • Send a message

See WhatsApp Client for all the options.

from pywa import WhatsApp, types

# Create a WhatsApp client
wa = WhatsApp(
    phone_id="100458559237541",
    token="EAAEZC6hUxkTIB"
)

# Send a text message with buttons
wa.send_message(
    to="9876543210",
    text="Hello from PyWa!",
    buttons=[
        types.Button(title="Menu", callback_data="menu"),
        types.Button(title="Help", callback_data="help")
    ]
)

# Send a image message from URL
wa.send_image(
    to="9876543210",
    image="https://example.com/image.jpg",
    caption="Check out this image!",
)
  • Handle incoming updates (with FastAPI in this example)

See Handlers for fully detailed guide.

# wa.py
from pywa import WhatsApp, filters, types
from fastapi import FastAPI

fastapi_app = FastAPI() # FastAPI server

# Create a WhatsApp client
wa = WhatsApp(
    phone_id=1234567890,
    token="************",
    server=fastapi_app, # the server to listen to incoming updates
    callback_url="https://yourdomain.com/",  # the public URL of your server
    verify_token="xyz123", # some random string to verify the webhook
    app_id=123456, # your app id
    app_secret="*******" # your app secret
)

# Register callback to handle incoming messages
@wa.on_message(filters.matches("Hello", "Hi")) # Filter to match text messages that contain "Hello" or "Hi"
def hello(client: WhatsApp, msg: types.Message):
    msg.react("👋") # React to the message with a wave emoji
    msg.reply_text( # Short reply to the message
        text=f"Hello {msg.from_user.name}!", # Greet the user
        buttons=[ # Add buttons to the reply
            types.Button(
                title="About me",
                callback_data="about_me" # Callback data to identify the click
            )
        ]
    )
    # Use the `wait_for_reply` listener to wait for a reply from the user
    age = msg.reply(text="What's your age?").wait_for_reply(filters=filters.text).text
    msg.reply_text(f"Your age is {age}.")

# Register another callback to handle incoming button clicks
@wa.on_callback_button(filters.matches("about_me")) # Filter to match the button click
def click_me(client: WhatsApp, clb: types.CallbackButton):
    clb.reply_text(f"Hello {clb.from_user.name}, I am a WhatsApp bot built with PyWa!") # Reply to the button click
  • To run the server, use fastapi-cli (pip install "fastapi[standard]"):
fastapi dev wa.py  # see uvicorn docs for more options (port, host, etc.)
  • Async Usage

  • PyWa also supports async usage with the same API. This is useful if you want to use async/await in your code. To use the async version, replace all the imports from pywa to pywa_async:

# wa.py
import fastapi
from pywa_async import WhatsApp, types  # Same API, just different imports

fastapi_app = fastapi.FastAPI()
wa = WhatsApp(..., server=fastapi_app)

async def main():
    await wa.send_message(...) # async call

@wa.on_message
async def hello(_: WhatsApp, msg: types.Message): # async callback
    await msg.react("👋")
    await msg.reply("Hello from PyWa Async!")
  • Create and send template messages

See Templates for more details and examples.

from pywa import WhatsApp
from pywa.types.templates import *

wa = WhatsApp(..., business_account_id=123456)

# Create a template
wa.create_template(
    template=Template(
        name="buy_new_iphone_x",
        category=TemplateCategory.MARKETING,
        language=TemplateLanguage.ENGLISH_US,
        parameter_format=ParamFormat.NAMED,
        components=[
            ht := HeaderText("The New iPhone {{iphone_num}} is here!", iphone_num=15),
            bt := BodyText("Buy now and use the code {{code}} to get {{per}}% off!", code="WA_IPHONE_15", per=15),
            FooterText(text="Powered by PyWa"),
            Buttons(
                buttons=[
                    url := URLButton(text="Buy Now", url="https://example.com/shop/{{1}}", example="iphone15"),
                    PhoneNumberButton(text="Call Us", phone_number="1234567890"),
                    qrb1 := QuickReplyButton(text="Unsubscribe from marketing messages"),
                    qrb2 := QuickReplyButton(text="Unsubscribe from all messages"),
                ]
            ),

        ]
    ),
)

# Send the template message
wa.send_template(
    to="9876543210",
    name="buy_new_iphone_x",
    language=TemplateLanguage.ENGLISH_US,
    params=[
        ht.params(iphone_num=30),
        bt.params(code="WA_IPHONE_30", per=30),
        url.params(url_variable="iphone30", index=0),
        qrb1.params(callback_data="unsubscribe_from_marketing_messages", index=1),
        qrb2.params(callback_data="unsubscribe_from_all_messages", index=2),
    ]
)
  • Create and send flows

See Flows for much more details and examples.

from pywa import WhatsApp, types
from pywa.types.flows import *

# Create a WhatsApp client
wa = WhatsApp(..., business_account_id=123456)

# Build a flow
my_flow_json = FlowJSON(
    screens=[
        Screen(
            id="NEWSLETTER",
            title="PyWa Newsletter",
            layout=Layout(
                children=[
                    TextHeading(text="Subscribe to our newsletter"),
                    name := TextInput(
                        name="name",
                        label="Name",
                        input_type=InputType.TEXT,
                        required=False,
                    ),
                    email := TextInput(
                        name="email",
                        label="Email",
                        input_type=InputType.EMAIL,
                        required=True,
                    ),
                    Footer(
                        label="Subscribe",
                        on_click_action=CompleteAction(
                            payload={ # Payload to send to the server
                                "name": name.ref,
                                "email": email.ref,
                            }
                        )
                    )
                ]
            )
        )
    ]
)

# Create the flow
wa.create_flow(
    name="subscribe_to_newsletter",
    categories=[FlowCategory.SIGN_UP, FlowCategory.OTHER],
    flow_json=my_flow_json,
    publish=True
)

# Send the flow to a user
wa.send_text(
    to="9876543210",
    text="Hello from PyWa!",
    buttons=types.FlowButton(
        title="Subscribe to our newsletter!",
        flow_name="subscribe_to_newsletter",
    )
)

# Handle the flow response
@wa.on_flow_completion
def handle_flow_response(_: WhatsApp, flow: types.FlowCompletion):
    flow.reply(
        text=f"Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter, {flow.response['name']}! "
             f"We will send you updates to {flow.response['email']}.",
        buttons=[types.Button(title="Unsubscribe", callback_data="unsubscribe")]
    )

🎛 Installation

  • Install using pip3:
pip3 install -U pywa
  • Install from source (the bleeding edge):
pip3 install -U git+https://github.com/david-lev/pywa.git
  • If you going to use the webhook features, here is shortcut to install the required dependencies:
pip3 install -U "pywa[fastapi]"
pip3 install -U "pywa[flask]"
  • If you going to use the Flow features and want to use the default FlowRequestDecryptor and the default FlowResponseEncryptor, here is shortcut to install the required dependencies:
pip3 install -U "pywa[cryptography]"

💾 Requirements

📖 Setup and Usage

See the Documentation for detailed instructions

⚖️ License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details

🔱 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see the Contributing Guide for more information.

🗣 Community

Join the Telegram Group to discuss, ask questions, and share your projects built with PyWa!

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