WhatsApp chat widget for your website
This is a very simple floating WhatsApp button widget. Due to the impact of covid-19 in 2020, most small businesses had to move to an online presence. One of the wey to improve communication with your customers is using a widget like this.
It adds a floating-like button to your site that calls the WhatsApp Chat API.
It will automatically begin a WhatsApp chat to the number you configure and the text the user writes.
All texts are fully customizable and also you can provide an icon/logo.
npm install --save react-whatsapp-widgetimport React from 'react';
// This is the way to import an SVG file and then pass it as a props
import { ReactComponent as CompanyIcon } from './assets/crown.svg';
import { WhatsAppWidget } from 'react-whatsapp-widget';
import 'react-whatsapp-widget/dist/index.css';
const App = () => {
return (
<WhatsAppWidget CompanyIcon={CompanyIcon} phoneNumber="XXXXXXXXXX" />
);
};phoneNumber is a full phone number in international format. Omit any zeroes, brackets, or dashes when adding the phone number in international format.
Example: 541112222222 where 54 is the Argentina internacional code.
| option | value | default | description |
|---|---|---|---|
| phoneNumber | string |
'' |
WhatsApp intenational number which will receive the message. |
| CompanyIcon | Component |
BiSupport |
Your company SVG icon |
| companyName | string |
'Support' |
Your company name |
| replyTimeText | string |
'Typically replies within a day' |
|
| message | string |
'Hello! 👋🏼 \n\nWhat can we do for you?' |
With \n you can create a break-line. |
| sendButtonText | string |
'Send' |
Text inside the send button |
| inputPlaceHolder | string |
'Type a message' |
Placeholder text of the message input |
| open | boolean |
false |
If true the chatbox will be open as default |
After cloning the repository, you have to run the following commands in two different terminal tabs to start the development environment.
cd react-whatsapp-widget
npm install
npm start
cd react-whatsapp-widget/example
npm install
npm start
The first command watches the src/ and recompiles it into the dist/ folder when you make changes.
The second command runs the example app that links to your local package.
🚀 Pull requests are welcome!
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