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WhatsApp.updateAccessToken()

Change the access token for making requests to the Cloud API. This will override the value originally read from the environmental variable.

Example:​

Change the access token to 1234abcd:

import WhatsApp from 'whatsapp';

const senderNumber = 12345678901234567890;
const updated_accessToken = "1234abcd";
const wa = new WhatsApp( senderNumber );
const was_token_changed = wa.updateAccessToken( updated_accessToken );

Arguments​

  1. accessToken : string — the access token (can be temporary access token or business user token).

Returns​

Boolean — the value was updated.