How to make a WhatsApp Messenger in VB.NET

This article demonstrates how to use the WhatsAppApi library in VB.NET to create a basic desktop application for sending and receiving messages via WhatsApp.

How to make a WhatsApp Messenger in VB.NET?

Open Visual Studio, then click New Project, then select Visual Basic on the left, then Windows and then select Windows Forms Application. Name your project "WhatsAppVB.Net" and then click OK

Download WhatsApp API. This API, originally written in C#, is compatible with any .NET language. It is a fork of WhatsAPINet, which itself is based on Chat API.

Drag and drop the Label, TextBox and Button controls from the Visual Toolbox onto your form designer, then design your form as shown below.

Add a click event handler to your form as shown below.

Imports System.Threading
Imports WhatsAppApi
Imports WhatsAppApi.ApiBase
Imports WhatsAppApi.Helper

Public Class Form1
    Private wa As WhatsApp
    Private Delegate Sub UpdateTextBox(ByVal textbox As TextBox, ByVal value As String)
    Public Sub UpdateDataTextBox(ByVal textbox As TextBox, ByVal value As String)
        Dim box As TextBox = textbox
        box.Text = (box.Text & value)
    End Sub

    Private Sub btnSend_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnSend.Click
        If ((Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(Me.txtMessage.Text) AndAlso (Not Me.wa Is Nothing)) AndAlso (Me.wa.ConnectionStatus = CONNECTION_STATUS.LOGGEDIN)) Then
            Me.wa.SendMessage(Me.txtTo.Text, Me.txtMessage.Text)
            Dim txtStatus As TextBox = Me.txtStatus
            txtStatus.Text = (txtStatus.Text & String.Format(Environment.NewLine & "{0}:{1}", txtName.Text, Me.txtMessage.Text))
            Me.txtMessage.Clear()
            Me.txtMessage.Focus()
        End If
    End Sub

    Private Sub btnLogin_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnLogin.Click
        Dim thread = New Thread(AddressOf ThreadTask)
        thread.IsBackground = True
        thread.Start()
    End Sub

    Private Sub ThreadTask()
        Dim textbox As UpdateTextBox = New UpdateTextBox(AddressOf Me.UpdateDataTextBox)
        Me.wa = New WhatsApp(Me.txtPhoneNumber.Text, Me.txtPassword.Text, Me.txtName.Text, True, False)
        AddHandler Me.wa.OnConnectSuccess, Sub()
                                               If Me.txtStatus.InvokeRequired Then
                                                   Dim objArray1 As Object() = New Object() {Me.txtStatus, "Connected..."}
                                                   Me.Invoke(textbox, objArray1)
                                               End If
                                               AddHandler Me.wa.OnLoginSuccess, Sub(ByVal phone As String, ByVal data As Byte())
                                                                                    If Me.txtStatus.InvokeRequired Then
                                                                                        Dim args As Object() = New Object() {Me.txtStatus, Environment.NewLine & "Login success !"}
                                                                                        Me.Invoke(textbox, args)
                                                                                    End If
                                                                                    While Me.wa IsNot Nothing
                                                                                        Me.wa.PollMessages()
                                                                                        Thread.Sleep(200)
                                                                                        Continue While
                                                                                    End While
                                                                                End Sub

                                               AddHandler Me.wa.OnLoginFailed, Sub(ByVal data As String)
                                                                                   If Me.txtStatus.InvokeRequired Then
                                                                                       Dim args As Object() = New Object() {Me.txtStatus, String.Format(Environment.NewLine & "Login failed: {0}", data)}
                                                                                       Me.Invoke(textbox, args)
                                                                                   End If
                                                                               End Sub

                                               AddHandler Me.wa.OnGetMessage, Sub(ByVal node As ProtocolTreeNode, ByVal from As String, ByVal id As String, ByVal name As String, ByVal message As String, ByVal receipt_sent As Boolean)
                                                                                  If Me.txtStatus.InvokeRequired Then
                                                                                      Dim args As Object() = New Object() {Me.txtStatus, String.Format(Environment.NewLine & "{0}:{1}", name, message)}
                                                                                      Me.Invoke(textbox, args)
                                                                                  End If
                                                                              End Sub
                                               Me.wa.Login(Nothing)
                                           End Sub
        AddHandler Me.wa.OnConnectFailed, Sub(ByVal ex As Exception)
                                              If Me.txtStatus.InvokeRequired Then
                                                  Dim args As Object() = New Object() {Me.txtStatus, String.Format(Environment.NewLine & "Connect failed: {0}", ex.StackTrace)}
                                                  Me.Invoke(textbox, args)
                                              End If
                                          End Sub
        Me.wa.Connect()
    End Sub
End Class

This VB.NET application demonstrates a basic implementation of a WhatsApp messaging client using the WhatsAppApi library.

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