Message Fields

class pywa.types.others.Reaction

Represents a reaction to a message.

Variables:

• message_id (str) – The ID of the message that was reacted to.

• emoji (str | None) – The emoji that was used to react to the message (optional, None if removed).

property is_removed: bool

Check if the reaction is removed.

class pywa.types.others.Location

Represents a location.

Variables:

• latitude (float) – The latitude of the location.

• longitude (float) – The longitude of the location.

• name (str | None) – The name of the location (optional).

• address (str | None) – The address of the location (optional).

• url (str | None) – The URL of the location (optional).

property current_location: bool

Check if the shared location is the current location or manually selected.

in_radius(lat: float, lon: float, radius: float | int) → bool

Check if the location is in a radius of another location.

Parameters:

• lat – The latitude of the other location.

• lon – The longitude of the other location.

• radius – The radius in kilometers.

class pywa.types.others.Contact

Represents a contact.

Variables:

• name (Name) – The name of the contact.

• birthday (str | None) – The birthday of the contact (in YYYY-MM-DD format, optional).

• phones (Iterable[Phone]) – The phone numbers of the contact.

• emails (Iterable[Email]) – The email addresses of the contact.

• urls (Iterable[Url]) – The URLs of the contact.

• addresses (Iterable[Address]) – The addresses of the contact.

• org (Org | None) – The organization of the contact (optional).

to_dict() → dict[str, Any]

Get the contact as a dict.

as_vcard() → str

Get the contact as a vCard.

class Name(formatted_name: str, first_name: str | None = None, last_name: str | None = None, middle_name: str | None = None, suffix: str | None = None, prefix: str | None = None)

Represents a contact’s name.

• At least one of the optional parameters needs to be included along with the formatted_name parameter.

Variables:

• formatted_name (str) – The formatted name of the contact.

• first_name (str | None) – The first name of the contact (optional).

• last_name (str | None) – The last name of the contact (optional).

• middle_name (str | None) – The middle name of the contact (optional).

• suffix (str | None) – The suffix of the contact (optional).

• prefix (str | None) – The prefix of the contact (optional).

class Phone(phone: str | None = None, type: str | None = None, wa_id: str | None = None)

Represents a contact’s phone number.

Variables:

• phone (str | None) – The phone number (If wa_id is provided, No need for the phone).

• type (str | None) – The type of the phone number (Standard Values are CELL, MAIN, IPHONE, HOME, and WORK. optional).

• wa_id (str | None) – The WhatsApp ID of the contact (optional).

class Email(email: str | None = None, type: str | None = None)

Represents a contact’s email address.

Variables:

• email (str | None) – The email address.

• type (str | None) – The type of the email address (Standard Values are WORK and HOME. optional).

class Url(url: str | None = None, type: str | None = None)

Represents a contact’s URL.

Variables:

• url (str | None) – The URL.

• type (str | None) – The type of the URL (Standard Values are WORK and HOME. optional).

class Org(company: str | None = None, department: str | None = None, title: str | None = None)

Represents a contact’s organization.

Variables:

• company (str | None) – The company of the contact (optional).

• department (str | None) – The department of the contact (optional).

• title (str | None) – The title of the business contact (optional).

class Address(street: str | None = None, city: str | None = None, state: str | None = None, zip: str | None = None, country: str | None = None, country_code: str | None = None, type: str | None = None)

Represents a contact’s address.

Variables:

• street (str | None) – The street number and name of the address (optional).

• city (str | None) – The city name of the address (optional).

• state (str | None) – State abbreviation.

• zip (str | None) – Zip code of the address (optional).

• country (str | None) – Full country name.

• country_code (str | None) – Two-letter country abbreviation (e.g. US, GB, IN. optional).

• type (str | None) – The type of the address (Standard Values are WORK and HOME. optional).

class pywa.types.others.Product

Represents a product in an order.

Variables:

• sku (str) – Unique identifier of the product in a catalog (also referred to as Content ID or Retailer ID).

• quantity (int) – Number of items ordered.

• price (float) – Price of the item.

• currency (str) – Currency of the price.

property total_price: float

Total price of the product.

class pywa.types.others.Order

Represents an order.

Variables:

• catalog_id (str) – The ID for the catalog the ordered item belongs to.

• products (tuple[pywa.types.others.Product, ...]) – The ordered products.

• text (str | None) – Text message from the user sent along with the order (optional).

Properties:

total_price: Total price of the order.

property total_price: float

Total price of the order.

class pywa.types.others.ReferredProduct

Represents a product this message is referring to.

Variables:

• catalog_id (str)

• sku (str) – Unique identifier of the product in a catalog (also referred to as Content ID or Retailer ID).

class pywa.types.others.System

Represents a system update (A customer has updated their phone number or profile information).

Variables:

• type (str | None) – The type of the system update (customer_changed_number or customer_identity_changed).

• body (str | None) – Describes the change to the customer’s identity or phone number.

• identity (str | None) – Hash for the identity fetched from server.

• wa_id (str | None) – The WhatsApp ID for the customer prior to the update.

• new_wa_id (str | None) – New WhatsApp ID for the customer when their phone number is updated.

class pywa.types.others.User

Represents a WhatsApp user.

Variables:

• wa_id (str) – The WhatsApp ID of the user (The phone number with the country code).

• name (str | None) – The name of the user (None on MessageStatus or when message type is MessageType.SYSTEM).

• input (str | None) – The input of the recipient is only available when sending a message.

block() → bool

Block the user.

• Shortcut for block_users() with the user wa_id.

Returns:

True if the user was blocked

Return type:

bool

Raises:

BlockUserError – If the user was not blocked

unblock() → bool

Unblock the user.

• Shortcut for unblock_users() with the user wa_id.

Returns:

True if the user was unblocked, False otherwise.

Return type:

bool

class pywa.types.others.ReplyToMessage

Represents a message that was replied to.

Variables:

• message_id (str) – The ID of the message that was replied to.

• from_user_id (str) – The ID of the user who sent the message that was replied to.

• referred_product (pywa.types.others.ReferredProduct | None) – Referred product describing the product the user is requesting information about.

class pywa.types.others.Metadata

Represents the metadata of a message.

Variables:

• display_phone_number (str) – The phone number to which the message was sent.

• phone_number_id (str) – The ID of the phone number to which the message was sent.

class pywa.types.message_status.Conversation

Conversations are 24-hour message threads between you and your customers. They are opened and charged when messages you send to customers are delivered.

• ‘Conversation’ on developers.facebook.com.

Variables:

• id (str) – Represents the ID of the conversation the given status notification belongs to.

• category (pywa.types.message_status.ConversationCategory) – The category of the conversation.

• expiration (datetime.datetime | None) – The expiration date (in UTC) of the conversation (Optional, only for sent updates).

class pywa.types.message_status.ConversationCategory

Conversation category.

Variables:

• AUTHENTICATION – The conversation is related to authentication.

• MARKETING – The conversation is related to marketing.

• UTILITY – The conversation is related to utility.

• SERVICE – The conversation is related to service.

• REFERRAL_CONVERSION – The conversation is related to referral conversion.

• UNKNOWN – The conversation category is unknown.

class pywa.types.message_status.Pricing

Represents the pricing of a message.

• ‘Pricing’ on developers.facebook.com.

Variables:

• billable (bool) – Indicates if the message is billable.

• model (pywa.types.message_status.PricingModel) – The pricing model used for the message.

• type (pywa.types.message_status.PricingType | None) – The pricing type of the message (Only available from webhook v24.0^).

• category (pywa.types.message_status.PricingCategory) – The pricing category of the message.

class pywa.types.message_status.PricingModel

Pricing model.

Variables:

• CBP – Indicates conversation-based pricing applies.

• PMP – Indicates per-message pricing applies.

class pywa.types.message_status.PricingType

Pricing type.

Variables:

• REGULAR – Indicates the message is billable.

• FREE_CUSTOMER_SERVICE – Indicates the message is free because it was either a utility template message or non-template message sent within a customer service window.

• FREE_ENTRY_POINT – Indicates the message is free because it is part of a free-entry point conversation.

class pywa.types.message_status.PricingCategory

Pricing category.

Variables:

• AUTHENTICATION – Indicates an authentication template message.

• AUTHENTICATION_INTERNATIONAL – Indicates an authentication template message sent to a WhatsApp user in a country or region that has authentication-international rates.

• MARKETING – Indicates a marketing template message.

• UTILITY – Indicates a utility template message.

• SERVICE – Indicates a non-template message.

• REFERRAL_CONVERSION – Indicates the message is part of a free entry point conversation.