WhatsappText.js

javascript: (function() { var re = /^\+?(972|0)(\-)?0?([5]{1}\d)\-?(\d{7})$/; var val=prompt("Phone Number #","");var phone=val.replace(re,'972$3$4');location="https://wa.me/"+escape(phone);})()

Thanks for this super useful bookmarklet.
Whatsapp has recently changed their web API, and now the bookmarklet redirects to a page that requires two clicks to actually send a message.

The new URL structure seem to be
https://web.whatsapp.com/send?phone=

Could you please try to offer a way to resolve this and return to "one-click" so it will be less cumbersome? Thanks!!

Thanks for this super useful bookmarklet.
Whatsapp has recently changed their web API, and now the bookmarklet redirects to a page that requires two clicks to actually send a message.

The new URL structure seem to be
https://web.whatsapp.com/send?phone=

Could you please try to offer a way to resolve this and return to "one-click" so it will be less cumbersome? Thanks!!

It seem that the right way to trigger "click to chat" is with with https://wa.me

See: https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/iphone/26000030/?category=5245251

I've now updated the bookmarklet so you can give it a try.

Thanks for this super useful bookmarklet.
Whatsapp has recently changed their web API, and now the bookmarklet redirects to a page that requires two clicks to actually send a message.
The new URL structure seem to be
https://web.whatsapp.com/send?phone=
Could you please try to offer a way to resolve this and return to "one-click" so it will be less cumbersome? Thanks!!

It seem that the right way to trigger "click to chat" is with with https://wa.me

See: https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/iphone/26000030/?category=5245251

I've now updated the bookmarklet so you can give it a try.

I checked and the new "wa.me" version does not work anymore, at all. Better to resort to the old version.

Thanks for this super useful bookmarklet.
Whatsapp has recently changed their web API, and now the bookmarklet redirects to a page that requires two clicks to actually send a message.

The new URL structure seem to be
https://web.whatsapp.com/send?phone=

Could you please try to offer a way to resolve this and return to "one-click" so it will be less cumbersome? Thanks!!

Please scratch that previous one, I didn't have Whatsapp local client installed before. I just installed it and it works like a charm!

Bookmarklet does not work - clicking it does not trigger the pop-up window

Checked today on the following versions of Chrome:
Version 78.0.3904.97 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Version 79.0.3941.4 (Official Build) dev (64-bit)

Can you please check and resolve?

Thank you, @gklein!
I wrote my version of phone processing — https://gist.github.com/baslie/6091c3e5bc1439e3b3c3e33b8bfafee2.

The bookmarklet works as follows:

1. Save the code in bookmarks, for example as "Phone to WhatsApp".
2. Highlight the phone number on the page.
3. Press "Phone to WhatsApp".

The only thing I need help is how to validate the phone number. I need the script to add the missing prefixes itself (e.g. country codes).

Thank you, @gklein!
I wrote my version of phone processing — https://gist.github.com/baslie/6091c3e5bc1439e3b3c3e33b8bfafee2.

The bookmarklet works as follows:

1. Save the code in bookmarks, for example as "Phone to WhatsApp".
2. Highlight the phone number on the page.
3. Press "Phone to WhatsApp".

The only thing I need help is how to validate the phone number. I need the script to add the missing prefixes itself (e.g. country codes).

You can use replace() with a regular expression in order to adapt the phone number to the required format.

Thank you, @gklein!
I wrote my version of phone processing — https://gist.github.com/baslie/6091c3e5bc1439e3b3c3e33b8bfafee2.
The bookmarklet works as follows:

1. Save the code in bookmarks, for example as "Phone to WhatsApp".
2. Highlight the phone number on the page.
3. Press "Phone to WhatsApp".

The only thing I need help is how to validate the phone number. I need the script to add the missing prefixes itself (e.g. country codes).

You can use replace() with a regular expression in order to adapt the phone number to the required format.

Yeap, of course :) I need more practice with REGEXPs

Thank you, @gklein!
I wrote my version of phone processing — https://gist.github.com/baslie/6091c3e5bc1439e3b3c3e33b8bfafee2.
The bookmarklet works as follows:

1. Save the code in bookmarks, for example as "Phone to WhatsApp".
2. Highlight the phone number on the page.
3. Press "Phone to WhatsApp".

The only thing I need help is how to validate the phone number. I need the script to add the missing prefixes itself (e.g. country codes).

You can use replace() with a regular expression in order to adapt the phone number to the required format.

Yeap, of course :) I need more practice with REGEXPs

Try this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfQFUJhPqMM

Good luck.