WhatApp <=> Telegram Bridge

🆕 The written instructions can be found here.

** LEGAL DISCLAIMER: ** It is possible that WhatsApp will end up blocking the phone number used to connect through yowsup-cli ** Use at your own Risk **

License

This code is released under the MIT license (see LICENSE).

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

How to set-up your own instance of this bot?

• cd $WORK_DIR
• git clone https://github.com/fabi321/wat-bridge.git
• cd wat-bridge
• git clone https://github.com/tgalal/yowsup.git
• apt install python3-virtualenv
• virtualenv -p python3 venv or python3 -m virtualenv -p python3 venv
• . venv/bin/activate
• pip3 install -r requirements.txt
• cd yowsup
• python3 setup.py install
• cd ..
• mv development.conf config.conf
• Edit config.conf according to the instructions given below.
• sh run.sh
• sh status.sh

edit config.conf

• The Telegram token is obtained by talking to the BotFather through Telegram and creating a bot, while the owner ID can be obtained by using the /me command at i.e. @watgbot.
• The database path is the full path to the file that will contain blacklist and contacts. Note that this path should be readable/writable by the user that executes the application.

How to get yowsup-cli password?

yowsup-cli registration -r sms -m MCC -n MNC -C CC -p CCXXXXXXXXXX -E android

• Replace MCC, MNC, CC, and CCXXXXXXXXXX as appropriate.

yowsup-cli registration -R CODE -m MCC -n MNC -C CC -p CCXXXXXXXXXX -E android

• Replace CODE with the WhatsApp verification code received, in the number that you had given.

Extra Configuration (To Get the Log Files Delivered to your Telegram ChatBox)

• create a file named UploadToTG.sh with the following contents.

curl -i \
-F "chat_id={OWNER_CHAT_ID}" \
-F "document=@./log.txt" \
"https://api.telegram.org/bot{TG_BOT_TOKEN}/sendDocument"

• Replace the variables with your variables.

Extra Configuration for your Telegram bot

Send to Botfather: /setcommands.
Select your bot.
Send these commands:

help - -> shows this help message
add - <name> <phone> -> add a new contact to database
bind - <name> <group id> -> bind a contact to a group
blacklist - [<number>] -> show blacklisted Whatsapp phones or blacklist one
bridgeon - -> turn this bridge on
bridgeoff - -> turn this bridge off
contacts - -> list contacts
link - -> link the group you are currently in with a Whatsapp one
me - -> show the chat id you are currently in
rm - <name> -> remove a contact from database
send - <name> <message> -> send message to Whatsapp contact
unbind - <name> -> unbind a contact from his group
unblacklist - <phone> -> unblacklist a phone number
unlink - -> remove the link between this group and a Whatsapp one

Send /setprivacy.
Select your bot and set it to Disable.