Auto-reply as a confused AI. Fake endless typing. Reply only in pirate speak. WA Bridges gives you a real WhatsApp number under API control — whatever your bit, you can code it.
Some of the best software projects start as a joke. A WhatsApp prank bot is a surprisingly good way to learn webhooks, async event handling, and REST APIs — and leave your friends very confused.
WA Bridges gives you a spare WhatsApp number under full API control. Every incoming message hits your webhook. You decide what happens next.
I want to build a WhatsApp prank bot using WA Bridges. The prank: when someone messages the number, immediately mark their message as read so they see the double-tick, then start the typing indicator — but never actually send a reply. Keep refreshing the typing indicator so it never expires. They'll think I'm composing a very long message... forever. My stack: [Node.js — update this] My setup: - WA_API_KEY: my WA Bridges API key - Bridge customer_ref: "prank" Important constraints: - The typing loop must stop automatically after 10 minutes per chat so it doesn't run forever on my server - The webhook must respond with 200 immediately; do the typing async Please read the WA Bridges API docs before writing: https://wabridges.com/docs.txt Make it clean, comment the 10-minute cutoff clearly, and add a note on how I'd swap the bit for a different prank (e.g. reply in haiku).