Send messengers message using API (PHP)

How to send a message using messengers Api, PHP

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At the beginning, we immediately associate messenger with our script, so as we write the code, we check its operation. To do this, go to your personal account and get a QR code there. Next, open messengers on your mobile phone, go to Settings -> messengers Web -> Scan a QR code.

Here we specify APiURL and token.

var $APIurl = 'https://api.chat-api.com/instanceYYYYY/';
var $token = 'abcdefgh12345678';

We are going to use GET-parameters to set a destination and a message content.

$message = $_GET['text'];
$phone = $_GET['phone'];

The destination for personal messages is a phone number and the postfix "@c.us".
It should be in the "chatId" parameter.
The text content is set in the "body" parameter.
All data should be in the JSON.

$data = json_encode(
    array(
        'chatId'=>$phone.'@c.us',
        'body'=>$message
    )
);

Specify the valid URL to API. It contains the APIurl, a method and the token in a GET-parameter.

$url = $apiURL.'message?token='.$token;

Now we can send a request to the API.

$options = stream_context_create(
    array('http' =>
        array(
            'method'  => 'POST',
            'header'  => 'Content-type: application/json',
            'content' => $data
        )
    )
);
$response = file_get_contents($apiURL.'message?token='.$token,false,$options);
echo $response;

To prevent errors, add this line at the beginning of the script:
if(!isset($_GET['text']) or !isset($_GET['phone'])){ die('Not enough data');}

And here is the whole script:

if(!isset($_GET['text']) or !isset($_GET['phone'])){ die('Not enough data');}

$apiURL = 'https://api.chat-api.com/instanceYYYYY/';
$token = 'abcdefgh12345678';

$message = $_GET['text'];
$phone = $_GET['phone'];

$data = json_encode(
    array(
        'chatId'=>$phone.'@c.us',
        'body'=>$message
    )
);
$url = $apiURL.'message?token='.$token;
$options = stream_context_create(
    array('http' =>
        array(
            'method'  => 'POST',
            'header'  => 'Content-type: application/json',
            'content' => $data
        )
    )
);
$response = file_get_contents($url,false,$options);
echo $response; exit;

Usage:
https://yoursite.com/path/to/script/yourscript.php?text=Hello&phone=70123456789
Don't use brackets, hyphens and any other formatting symbols in the phone. Use only digits.

You will only need to substitute your token from your personal account into the $token variable and instance number
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