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Emails get ignored.
WhatsApp gets read.

Order confirmations, server alerts, deploy notifications, payment failures — send them where people actually look. Connect a WhatsApp number to your backend in under 60 seconds. Flat $5/month, unlimited messages.

A notification only works if it gets seen — and WhatsApp is the one channel most people check within minutes, not days.

WABridges lets you send programmatic notifications to any WhatsApp number from your backend — no approval queue, no template restrictions, no per-message fees. Provision a bridge, pair a spare WhatsApp number, and you're live in under 60 seconds.

How it works

1
Provision a bridge
One API call creates a bridge — a containerized WhatsApp connection you control. Takes under 60 seconds.
2
Pair a number
Scan a QR code with any WhatsApp number. Personal numbers work. Business numbers work. That number is now under API control.
3
Send from your backend
POST to the send endpoint with the recipient number and message body. No SDK, no library — plain HTTP.
4
Receive delivery receipts
Configure a webhook URL and we'll POST delivery status events back to your server as messages are delivered and read.

What you can build

🛒
E-commerce
  • Order confirmed
  • Shipment dispatched
  • Out for delivery
  • Return approved
🖥️
DevOps & monitoring
  • Server down alert
  • Deploy succeeded
  • Error rate spike
  • SSL certificate expiring
💼
SaaS & billing
  • Trial ending tomorrow
  • Payment failed
  • Usage limit reached
  • New team member joined
📅
Appointments
  • Reminder 24h before
  • Appointment confirmed
  • Cancellation notice
  • Reschedule link

Paste into Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI assistant

Copy this prompt → paste into any AI assistant → get working code in your language.
I want to send WhatsApp notifications from my backend using WABridges.

My stack: [Node.js / Python / Ruby / Go — update this]
My use case: sending order confirmation messages when a customer places an order.

I already have:
- A WABridges API key stored as the env var WA_API_KEY
- A bridge provisioned with customer_ref "notifications"
- The recipient phone number in E.164 format (e.g. +15551234567)

Please read the WABridges API docs before writing any code:
https://wabridges.com/llms-full.txt

Then write me a reusable notify(phone, message) function and show me
how to call it for three scenarios: order confirmed, server alert, and
a failed payment. Keep it simple — no SDK, just HTTP.

Why WABridges

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