📅 November 19, 2024
💻 Tutorial
⭐ Beginner Friendly
Send Bulk whatsapp
Ashish Dwivedi
Editorial Team • Tech Writer
About This Tutorial
Send bulk WhatsApp messages effortlessly using tools like Google Sheets and automation. Reach multiple users at once, save time, personalize messages, and streamline your customer communication workflow instantly.
Step 1: Click on the Copy button to copy the code snippet.
Step 2: Paste the copied code into your project’s script editor.
function onOpen() {
var ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
// Add a custom menu to the spreadsheet
ui.createMenu('Bulk Message')
.addItem('Generate Bulk Message', 'createWhatsAppHyperlink') // Add menu item
.addToUi(); // Attach menu to the UI
}
function createWhatsAppHyperlink() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet();
// Clear existing headers and contents
var headersRange = sheet.getRange(1, 1, 1, 5);
headersRange.clearContent();
// Adding headers to the first row
var headers = ["Name", "Phone Number", "Purpose", "Final Message", "WhatsApp Link"];
sheet.getRange(1, 1, 1, headers.length).setValues([headers]);
// Now get the data starting from the second row
var lastRow = sheet.getLastRow();
if (lastRow < 2) {
Logger.log("No data to process.");
return; // Exit if there's no data
}
var dataRange = sheet.getRange(2, 1, lastRow - 1, 3); // Get data from columns A, B, C
var data = dataRange.getValues();
var finalMessageData = [];
// Create Final Message values
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
var name = data[i][0]; // Assuming names are in column A (index 0)
var phoneNumber = data[i][1]; // Assuming phone numbers are in column B (index 1)
var purpose = data[i][2]; // Assuming Purpose is in column C (index 2)
// Create Final Message
var finalMessage = "Hii " + name + ", " + purpose; // Adjust as needed
finalMessageData.push([finalMessage]);
}
// Store the Final Message in column D, starting from row 2
var columnD = sheet.getRange(2, 4, finalMessageData.length, 1);
columnD.setValues(finalMessageData);
// Now create WhatsApp links based on the filled Final Message
var whatsappLinks = [];
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
var phoneNumber = data[i][1]; // Assuming phone numbers are in column B (index 1)
var finalMessage = finalMessageData[i][0]; // Get the Final Message from the array
// Create WhatsApp link
var whatsappLink = "https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=" + phoneNumber + "&text=" + encodeURIComponent(finalMessage);
var displayText = "click to send"; // The text you want to display as the hyperlink
var hyperLinkFormula = '=HYPERLINK("' + whatsappLink + '", "' + displayText + '")';
whatsappLinks.push([hyperLinkFormula]);
}
// Store the WhatsApp links in column E, starting from row 2
var columnE = sheet.getRange(2, 5, whatsappLinks.length, 1);
columnE.setFormulas(whatsappLinks);
Logger.log("Final Messages filled and WhatsApp hyperlinks created successfully!");
}