@anuragmishra/whatsapp-api

A WebSockets based WhatsApp Web API by Anurag Mishra for building bots, automations and integrations on top of WhatsApp.

This package is a rebranded fork of the excellent Baileys library by Rajeh Taher / WhiskeySockets, repackaged and maintained by Anurag Mishra for personal and project use. Full credit for the original implementation goes to the Baileys team.

✨ Features

• Connects to WhatsApp Web directly via WebSockets — no Selenium / Puppeteer / Chromium required, so it is fast and lightweight.
• Multi-device login via QR code or pairing code.
• Send & receive text, images, videos, audio, documents, stickers, contacts, locations.
• Group create / update / participants management.
• Status (story) viewing & posting.
• Reactions, polls, read receipts, typing & presence updates.
• Newsletters / channels support.
• Pluggable auth state (multi-file, custom store) and signal key store.
• Fully typed in TypeScript.

📦 Installation

npm install @anuragmishra/whatsapp-api
# or
yarn add @anuragmishra/whatsapp-api
# or
pnpm add @anuragmishra/whatsapp-api

Requires Node.js >= 20.

Optional peer dependencies

Depending on what you use, install:

npm install sharp jimp link-preview-js audio-decode

🚀 Quick Start

import makeWASocket, {
  DisconnectReason,
  useMultiFileAuthState,
  fetchLatestBaileysVersion
} from '@anuragmishra/whatsapp-api'
import { Boom } from '@hapi/boom'

async function startBot() {
  const { state, saveCreds } = await useMultiFileAuthState('auth_info')
  const { version } = await fetchLatestBaileysVersion()

  const sock = makeWASocket({
    version,
    auth: state,
    printQRInTerminal: true
  })

  sock.ev.on('creds.update', saveCreds)

  sock.ev.on('connection.update', (update) => {
    const { connection, lastDisconnect } = update
    if (connection === 'close') {
      const shouldReconnect =
        (lastDisconnect?.error as Boom)?.output?.statusCode !==
        DisconnectReason.loggedOut
      console.log('connection closed, reconnecting:', shouldReconnect)
      if (shouldReconnect) startBot()
    } else if (connection === 'open') {
      console.log('✅ Connected to WhatsApp')
    }
  })

  sock.ev.on('messages.upsert', async ({ messages }) => {
    const msg = messages[0]
    if (!msg.message || msg.key.fromMe) return

    const text =
      msg.message.conversation || msg.message.extendedTextMessage?.text || ''

    if (text.toLowerCase() === 'ping') {
      await sock.sendMessage(msg.key.remoteJid!, { text: 'pong 🏓' })
    }
  })
}

startBot()

📤 Sending messages

// Text
await sock.sendMessage(jid, { text: 'Hello from Anurag Mishra WA API!' })

// Image
await sock.sendMessage(jid, {
  image: { url: './photo.jpg' },
  caption: 'Look at this 📸'
})

// Document
await sock.sendMessage(jid, {
  document: { url: './report.pdf' },
  mimetype: 'application/pdf',
  fileName: 'report.pdf'
})

// Reply
await sock.sendMessage(jid, { text: 'reply!' }, { quoted: originalMsg })

// Reaction
await sock.sendMessage(jid, {
  react: { text: '🔥', key: originalMsg.key }
})

👥 Group helpers

const group = await sock.groupCreate('My Group', ['[email protected]'])
await sock.groupParticipantsUpdate(group.id, ['[email protected]'], 'add')
await sock.groupUpdateSubject(group.id, 'New Group Name')

🔐 Auth — pairing code (no QR)

const sock = makeWASocket({ auth: state })

if (!sock.authState.creds.registered) {
  const code = await sock.requestPairingCode('9198xxxxxxxx')
  console.log('Pairing code:', code)
}

⚠️ Disclaimer

• This library is NOT affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by WhatsApp / Meta.
• Using unofficial WhatsApp clients can violate WhatsApp's Terms of Service. Your number may be banned if it is used for spam or abuse.
• Use at your own risk. For business / production grade messaging, prefer the official WhatsApp Business Cloud API by Meta.
• This is a personal rebrand by Anurag Mishra of the open-source Baileys library, distributed under the same MIT license.

🙏 Credits

Massive thanks to:

• Rajeh Taher and the WhiskeySockets/Baileys team — the entire protocol implementation is theirs.
• The original @adiwajshing/Baileys authors who started it all.

📝 License

MIT © 2026 Anurag Mishra Originally based on Baileys © 2025 Rajeh Taher / WhiskeySockets.