WABridges
Just for fun

Prank your friends
on WhatsApp.

Auto-reply as a confused AI. Fake endless typing. Reply only in pirate speak. WABridges gives you a real WhatsApp number under API control, whatever your bit, you can code it.

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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.

WABridges gives you a spare WhatsApp number under full API control. Every incoming message hits your webhook. You decide what happens next.

Four steps. One loop.

We keep the number online and hand you every event. You write the part in the middle.

1
Get a spare number

Grab a second SIM, a VoIP number, or any WhatsApp-capable number you don't use daily. Pair it with a bridge in under 60 seconds.

2
Describe the prank to an AI

Use the prompt below: just describe the bit you want and paste the docs link. The AI writes the webhook handler.

3
Deploy the webhook

Deploy your handler to any server or serverless platform. The bot runs 24/7 as long as the bridge is active.

Share the number

Give your target the number. Sit back.

The same three calls. Different jobs.

Every loop below is the one above with your own logic in the middle.

⌨️ The infinite typer
  • Mark message as read
  • Show typing indicator
  • Refresh before it expires
  • Never actually send anything
🤖 The confused AI
  • Reply off-topic to everything
  • Claim to be a toaster
  • Answer questions with questions
  • Escalate the absurdity
📜 Format crimes
  • Reply only in haiku
  • Every message in ALL CAPS
  • Pirate speak exclusively
  • One emoji per word
⏰ The ghost
  • Mark as read immediately
  • Reply 4 hours later
  • Send one character at a time
  • Reply out of order

Paste into Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI assistant

Copy this prompt, paste it into any AI assistant, get working code in your language.

prompt 
I want to build a WhatsApp prank bot using WABridges.

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 WABridges 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 WABridges API docs before writing:
https://wabridges.com/llms-full.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).

One number, one price, no approval queue.

What you get on the WhatsApp side, whatever you build on yours.

Full WhatsApp API: typing indicators, read receipts, reactions
Send text, images, voice notes, stickers, and polls
Pair any WhatsApp number: personal, VoIP, or spare SIM
Group chat support: run chaos inside group conversations
Flat $5/month: unlimited prank potential

Next, from the same three calls.

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