title: Do Whatsapp bots (just like Telegram bots) actually exist and work?
body: <p>For a while now I have been trying to see if I can get a Whatsapp bot running, in a similar fashion to how Telegram bots work.</p>
  
  <p>I found quite some ambiguous sources or half baked projects that are supposed to be provide Whatsapp bot functionality, but in fact nothing seems to be actually working.</p>
  
  <p>To my knowledge, Whatsapp (unlike Telegram) does not have a public API or openly documented protocol. Does anyone know if it is even possible at all to "automate" communication through Whatsapp, as in send and receive messages, and how? Or would anyone have any good leading points to start developing one myself?</p>