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WhatsApp.updateTimeout()

Change the request timeout period from what was originally provided via environmental variables. Default request timeout is 20000ms.

Example:​

Change the request timeout period to 1.5 seconds:

import WhatsApp from 'whatsapp';

const senderNumber = 12345678901234567890;
const wa = new WhatsApp( senderNumber );
const was_timeout_changed = wa.updateTimeout( 15000 );

Arguments​

  1. ms : number - the timeout period for requests in milliseconds.

Returns​

Boolean — the value was updated.