wati

n8n community node for Wati — WhatsApp Business API automation. Send & receive WhatsApp messages, manage templates, contacts, and webhooks.

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n8n-nodes-wati

This is an n8n community node for Wati (WhatsApp Team Inbox). It lets you automate WhatsApp messaging workflows using the Wati API.

Wati is a WhatsApp Business API solution that enables businesses to communicate with customers at scale through WhatsApp.

n8n is a fair-code licensed workflow automation platform.

Installation

Follow the installation guide in the n8n community nodes documentation.

  1. Go to Settings → Community Nodes in your n8n instance.
  2. Click Install a community node.
  3. Enter n8n-nodes-wati and click Install.

Credentials

You need a Wati account to use this node. To set up credentials:

  1. Log in to your Wati Dashboard.
  2. Go to API Docs to find your API Endpoint URL and Access Token.
  3. In n8n, create a new Wati API credential and enter these values.

Supported Operations

Wati Node

Message

  • Send Text Message — Send a text message to an active WhatsApp conversation (within 24h window)
  • Send Button Message — Send a message with interactive buttons
  • Send List Message — Send a message with a selectable list
  • Get Messages — Retrieve messages for a conversation by conversation ID

Template Message

  • Send Template Message — Send a template message (works outside the 24h window)
  • Get Templates — Get a list of available message templates

Contact

  • Get Contacts — Get a list of contacts
  • Get Contact Detail — Get details of a specific contact by phone number
  • Add Contact — Add a new contact

Wati Trigger

  • Webhook Trigger — Receive incoming messages and status updates via webhook

Resources

License

MIT

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