Share a link from my website to WhatsApp web application

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Raja Dhasan picture Raja Dhasan · Jul 18, 2016 · Viewed 26.8k times · Source

I have a web application and in that, I am trying to share a link to WhatsApp web application and but not in mobile app.

I have gone through Sharing link for WhatsApp Web version? but no solution is provided.

Is it feasible?

What have I tried till now 

<a href="whatsapp://send?text=www.google.com" data-action="share/whatsapp/share">Share via Whatsapp</a>

This code helps me to share it via WhatsApp mobile application. Is there a way to do the same in WhatsApp web application?

Answer

Ricky Levi picture Ricky Levi · Feb 28, 2019

This link - will always open a browser, even if you're in mobile.

<a href="https://web.whatsapp.com/send?text=www.google.com" data-action="share/whatsapp/share">Share via Whatsapp web</a>

But when using the api.whatsapp.com - it will try to first, open the whatsapp mobile application OR whatsapp web on desktops if exists, if not - it will open other suitable app.

<a href="https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text=www.google.com" data-action="share/whatsapp/share">Share via Whatsapp web</a>

So the api worked best for me

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