How to add WhatsApp share button in a website using JavaScript ?

Last Updated : 29 Jul, 2024

WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app. This article describes how you can add the WhatsApp share button to your website. In this example we make a simple website that uses a Whatsapp share button when you click on it will open on the Whatsapp app on your system and your message was already printed there.

Note: This will work only with WhatsApp installed in your system (desktop/laptop)

Example: Create a simple webpage using the function, Sharing will be done when the user clicks on its button.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <link rel="stylesheet" 
          href=
"https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.15.4/css/all.css"
        integrity=
"sha384-DyZ88mC6Up2uqS4h/KRgHuoeGwBcD4Ng9SiP4dIRy0EXTlnuz47vAwmeGwVChigm" 
        crossorigin="anonymous">

    <style>
        body {
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
            align-items: center;
            justify-content: center;
            height: 100vh;
            margin: 0;
        }

        .navbar {
            width: 100%;
            display: flex;
            justify-content: center;
        }

        .logo img {
            max-width: 100px;
        }

        .section {
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
            align-items: center;
            text-align: center;
        }

        .box-main {
            max-width: 600px;
            padding: 20px;
        }

        button {
            width: 170px;
            height: 50px;
            background-color: #4ECC5B;
            color: #fff;
            border: 1px solid white;
            font-size: 1rem;
            cursor: pointer;
            margin-top: 20px;
        }

        button:hover {
            background-color: #3ae04b;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <nav class="navbar background">
        <ul class="nav-list">
            <div class="logo">
                <img src=
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/cdn-uploads/20210420155809/gfg-new-logo.png" />
            </div>
        </ul>
    </nav>
    <section class="section">
        <div class="box-main">
            <div class="firstHalf">
                <h1 class="text-big">
                    7 Best Tips To Speed Up Your Job Search in 2022
                </h1>
                <p class="text-small">
                    Hello GFG 
                </p>

                <button class="fab fa-whatsapp" onclick="whatsapp()">
                    Share on Whatsapp
                </button>
            </div>
        </div>
    </section>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function whatsapp() {
            window.open(
'whatsapp://send?text=Hello folks, GeekforGeeks giving 40% Off on DSA course');
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:

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