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Re:Show HN: Create and mail a free postcard by ConsiderCrying on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @07:53PM (#21925872)
Anything like that for Telegram? Not necessarily by you, I mean in general. I know it supports bots so this should be possible.
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Re:Show HN: Create and mail a free postcard by theveloped on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @08:00PM (#21925895)
None that I know of but it should be fairly easy in telegram. It perfect for chatbots! Integration with WhatsApp was the hardest part really. I know there used to be a version for Facebook messenger[1] though.

1: https://postcard.im/

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Re:Show HN: Create and mail a free postcard by dahx4Eev on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @12:01AM (#21926738)
Is the Whatsapp Api hard to work with? Or does it require using private APIs?
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Re:Show HN: Create and mail a free postcard by vineyardmike on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @12:32AM (#21926809)
Not op but Twilio has a whatsapp integration, and it seems pretty straightforward.
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Re:Show HN: Create and mail a free postcard by theveloped on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @08:10AM (#21927874)
WhatsApp has recently announced their plans for their API after a very long beta program (open to enterprise companies only). They will not be working directly with customers but have chosen 20+ partners through which their API will be available (e.g. Twilio).

At the time of building this project this was not yet available. And automating WhatsApp was somewhat of a hassle.

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