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- title: '💬 WhatsApp Bot'
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- ### 🚀 Getting started
- 1. Install embedchain python package:
- ```bash
- pip install --upgrade embedchain
- ```
- 2. Launch your WhatsApp bot:
- ```bash
- python -m embedchain.bots.whatsapp --port 5000
- ```
- If your bot needs to be accessible online, use your machine's public IP or DNS. Otherwise, employ a proxy server like [ngrok](https://ngrok.com/) to make your local bot accessible.
- 3. Create a free account on [Twilio](https://www.twilio.com/try-twilio)
- - Set up a WhatsApp Sandbox in your Twilio dashboard. Access it via the left sidebar: `Messaging > Try it out > Send a WhatsApp Message`.
- - Follow on-screen instructions to link a phone number for chatting with your bot
- - Copy your bot's public URL, add /chat at the end, and paste it in Twilio's WhatsApp Sandbox settings under "When a message comes in". Save the settings.
- - Copy your bot's public url, append `/chat` at the end and paste it under `When a message comes in` under the `Sandbox settings` for Whatsapp in Twilio. Save your settings.
- ### 💬 How to use
- - To connect a new number or reconnect an old one in the Sandbox, follow Twilio's instructions.
- - To include data sources, use this command:
- ```text
- add <url_or_text>
- ```
- - To ask the bot questions, just type your query:
- ```text
- <your-question-here>
- ```
- ### Example
- Here is an example of Elon Musk WhatsApp Bot that we created:
- <img src="/images/whatsapp.jpg"/>
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