WhatsApp Chat to Continue - whatsapp

We have discovered today that the WhatsApp's click to chat link is not working anymore.
For instance, if you visit https://api.whatsapp.com/send/?phone=XXXXXX&text=hi, the browser shows a website with the following button.
But if you click "Continue to Chat", it prompts you to download WhatsApp on mobile device. Or if you were using desktop computer, it prompts you to login WhatsApp. Previously, it would go directly to the chat area.
Is there any workaround? Thank you.

You can use the underlying deep link instead of the URL. We do this in production and it works reliably.
The deep link is: whatsapp://send?phone=1234&text=smth. If you have any symbols in your message text, then you should URL encode it. For instance, if you're using JavaScript then you'd first run encodeURIComponent on your text. The phone umber should be written with the international country code included as a prefix.

We encountered this problem suddenly too here in Austria. What worked for us:
Uninstall the WhatsApp-Client for Windows and download and install the latest Version
Use the Link-Variant provided by #pir with the phone number written with the International Country Code, e.g. whatsapp://send?phone=43699123xxxxx
This not only works in JavaScript but also in the URL-Searchbar of your Browser, you can use it like any other hyperlink.

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Welcome to iTunes Connect. You have successfully created an iTunes
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I did some more testing on the un-embedded video.
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