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channels

Read when: listing, joining, leaving, inspecting, or sending to WhatsApp Channels.

wacli channels manages WhatsApp Channels, which whatsmeow calls newsletters. Commands use live WhatsApp APIs and require authentication. Commands that update WhatsApp or the local chat cache require writable mode.

Commands

wacli channels list
wacli channels info --jid CHANNEL_JID
wacli channels join --invite LINK_OR_CODE
wacli channels leave --jid CHANNEL_JID

Notes

  • Channel JIDs use the ...@newsletter server.
  • channels list fetches subscribed channels live and updates local chat rows with kind newsletter.
  • channels info fetches one joined channel live and updates the local chat row.
  • channels join accepts a full https://whatsapp.com/channel/... link or just the invite code.
  • channels leave unfollows the channel on WhatsApp.
  • sync --refresh-channels refreshes subscribed channel names into the local chat cache.
  • send text --to ...@newsletter can send to channels when the authenticated account has permission.
  • send file --to ...@newsletter uses WhatsApp's unencrypted newsletter media upload path and requires channel posting permission.
  • Quoted file replies and --ptt voice-note mode are not supported for channels.

Examples

wacli channels list
wacli channels info --jid 123456789012345@newsletter
wacli channels join --invite https://whatsapp.com/channel/AbCdEfGhIjK
wacli channels leave --jid 123456789012345@newsletter
wacli send text --to 123456789012345@newsletter --message "Hello channel"
wacli send file --to 123456789012345@newsletter --file ./image.png --caption "Update"