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Baileys is a WebSockets-based TypeScript library for interacting with the WhatsApp Web API.

# Usage
A new guide has been posted at https://baileys.wiki.

# Sponsor
If you'd like to financially support this project, you can do so by supporting the current maintainer [here](https://purpshell.dev/sponsor).

# Disclaimer
This project is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with WhatsApp or any of its subsidiaries or its affiliates.
The official WhatsApp website can be found at whatsapp.com. "WhatsApp" as well as related names, marks, emblems and images are registered trademarks of their respective owners.

The maintainers of Baileys do not in any way condone the use of this application in practices that violate the Terms of Service of WhatsApp. The maintainers of this application call upon the personal responsibility of its users to use this application in a fair way, as it is intended to be used.
Use at your own discretion. Do not spam people with this. We discourage any stalkerware, bulk or automated messaging usage.

# License
Copyright (c) 2025 Rajeh Taher/WhiskeySockets

Licensed under the MIT License:
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

Thus, the maintainers of the project can't be held liable for any potential misuse of this project.
