(PHP ActiveX) WhatsApp - First Login

Log in the very first time to get your authentication token. The new login/password is passed in the JSON body of the request.

For more information, see https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/api/users/login

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$http = new COM("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http");

// Implements the following CURL command:

// curl -k -X POST https://your-webapp-hostname:your-webapp-port/v1/users/login \
//   -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
//   --user 'admin:secret' \
//   -d '{"new_password" : "new-password"}'

$http->Login = 'admin';
$http->Password = 'secret';

// The following JSON is sent in the request body.

// {
//   "new_password": "new-password"
// }

$json = new COM("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject");
$json->UpdateString('new_password','new-password');

$http->SetRequestHeader('Content-Type','application/json');

// resp is a Chilkat_9_5_0.HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PostJson3('https://your-webapp-hostname:your-webapp-port/v1/users/login','application/json',$json);
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$sbResponseBody = new COM("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder");
$resp->GetBodySb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp = new COM("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject");
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->EmitCompact = 0;

print 'Response Body:' . "\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\n";

$respStatusCode = $resp->StatusCode;
print 'Response Status Code = ' . $respStatusCode . "\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print 'Response Header:' . "\n";
    print $resp->Header . "\n";
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";

    exit;
}

// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

// {
//   "users": [
//     {
//       "token": "eyJhbGciOHlXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VyIjoNTIzMDE2Nn0.mEoF0COaO00Z1cANo",
//       "expires_after": "2018-03-01 15:29:26+00:00"
//     }
//   ]
// }

// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...

$i = 0;
$count_i = $jResp->SizeOfArray('users');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jResp->I = $i;
    $token = $jResp->stringOf('users[i].token');
    $expires_after = $jResp->stringOf('users[i].expires_after');
    $i = $i + 1;
}


?>