show Typing while doing backend stuff

[Rogério Gonzalez]

Hello guys,

I did not found any way to send/show a "typing" for the client while doing backend work.

Is there a way?

thanks!

[Soursop]

You could call client.SendChatPrecence(chat, state, media) :

whatsmeow/presence.go

Lines 115 to 138 in 350073d

  
 // SendChatPresence updates the user's typing status in a specific chat. 
 // 
 // The media parameter can be set to indicate the user is recording media (like a voice message) rather than typing a text message. 
 func (cli *Client) SendChatPresence(jid types.JID, state types.ChatPresence, media types.ChatPresenceMedia) error { 
 	ownID := cli.getOwnID() 
 	if ownID.IsEmpty() { 
 		return ErrNotLoggedIn 
 	} 
 	content := []waBinary.Node{{Tag: string(state)}} 
 	if state == types.ChatPresenceComposing && len(media) > 0 { 
 		content[0].Attrs = waBinary.Attrs{ 
 			"media": string(media), 
 		} 
 	} 
 	return cli.sendNode(waBinary.Node{ 
 		Tag: "chatstate", 
 		Attrs: waBinary.Attrs{ 
 			"from": ownID, 
 			"to":   jid, 
 		}, 
 		Content: content, 
 	}) 
 } 

[Rogério Gonzalez]

Awesome, worked like a charm:

to start typing:
mycli.WAClient.SendChatPresence(userJid, types.ChatPresenceComposing, "")

to stop it:
mycli.WAClient.SendChatPresence(userJid, types.ChatPresencePaused, "")