Jhongt796
commented
10 months ago It is a limit of WhatsApp Web, since when you log in it does not load more than 500 chats
I recently tried to read data from a WhatsApp that contained more than 3,000 chats, what I can tell you after several tests is the following:
1) The limit is related to WhatsApp Web, not this library. 2) After I can visually (There is no event to read this) make sure the "Syncing" bar fills to 100% and reload the program, I was able to raise that limit from 500 to 800 (Increases slightly if you continually reboot) 3) Little by little, the more you leave WhatsApp web on with this library and interact in the chats, the contacts added with their name will load and in turn load more chats
After all that, by using it for a while (In my case I restarted it every day at 2AM) after a few days (approximately 4 days) I managed to have more than 2000 chats loaded.
Is there an existing issue for this?
Describe the bug
I have a whatsapp account with 500+ chats. getChats function returns only 500 chats but I need more
Expected behavior
getChats function lists over 500 chats
Steps to Reproduce the Bug or Issue
synchronous
Relevant Code
const qrcode = require('qrcode-terminal');
const { Client } = require('whatsapp-web.js'); const client = new Client();
client.on('qr', qr => { qrcode.generate(qr, {small: true}); });
client.on('ready', () => { console.log('Client is ready!'); const chats = await client.getChats(); console.log(chats.length); // even if you have more than 500 chats, 500 will be printed });
client.initialize();
Browser Type
Chromium
WhatsApp Account Type
Standard
Does your WhatsApp account have multidevice enabled?
Yes, I am using Multi Device
Environment
whatsapp-web.js : 23 Os : macos Phone : ios
Additional context
No response