mautrix-whatsapp/example-config.yaml

# Homeserver details.
homeserver:
    # The address that this appservice can use to connect to the homeserver.
    address: https://example.com
    # The domain of the homeserver (for MXIDs, etc).
    domain: example.com

# Application service host/registration related details.
# Changing these values requires regeneration of the registration.
appservice:
    # The address that the homeserver can use to connect to this appservice.
    address: http://localhost:29318

    # The hostname and port where this appservice should listen.
    hostname: 0.0.0.0
    port: 29318

    # Database config.
    database:
        # The database type. "sqlite3" and "postgres" are supported.
        type: sqlite3
        # The database URI.
        #   SQLite: File name is enough. https://github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3#connection-string
        #   Postgres: Connection string. For example, postgres://user:password@host/database?sslmode=disable
        uri: mautrix-whatsapp.db
        # Maximum number of connections. Mostly relevant for Postgres.
        max_open_conns: 20
        max_idle_conns: 2

    # Settings for provisioning API
    provisioning:
        # Prefix for the provisioning API paths.
        prefix: /_matrix/provision/v1
        # Shared secret for authentication. If set to "disable", the provisioning API will be disabled.
        shared_secret: disable

    # The unique ID of this appservice.
    id: whatsapp
    # Appservice bot details.
    bot:
        # Username of the appservice bot.
        username: whatsappbot
        # Display name and avatar for bot. Set to "remove" to remove display name/avatar, leave empty
        # to leave display name/avatar as-is.
        displayname: WhatsApp bridge bot
        avatar: mxc://maunium.net/NeXNQarUbrlYBiPCpprYsRqr

    # Authentication tokens for AS <-> HS communication. Autogenerated; do not modify.
    as_token: "This value is generated when generating the registration"
    hs_token: "This value is generated when generating the registration"

metrics:
    # Whether or not to enable prometheus metrics
    enabled: false
    # IP and port where the metrics listener should be. The path is always /metrics
    listen: 127.0.0.1:8001

whatsapp:
    # Device name that's shown in the "WhatsApp Web" section in the mobile app.
    os_name: Mautrix-WhatsApp bridge
    # Browser name that determines the logo shown in the mobile app. If the name is unrecognized, a generic icon is shown.
    # Use the name of an actual browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, IE, Edge, Opera) if you want a specific icon.
    browser_name: mx-wa

# Bridge config
bridge:
    # Localpart template of MXIDs for WhatsApp users.
    # {{.}} is replaced with the phone number of the WhatsApp user.
    username_template: whatsapp_{{.}}
    # Displayname template for WhatsApp users.
    # {{.Notify}} - nickname set by the WhatsApp user
    # {{.Jid}}    - phone number (international format)
    # The following variables are also available, but will cause problems on multi-user instances:
    # {{.Name}}   - display name from contact list
    # {{.Short}}  - short display name from contact list
    # To use multiple if's, you need to use: {{else if .Name}}, for example:
    # "{{if .Notify}}{{.Notify}}{{else if .Name}}{{.Name}}{{else}}{{.Jid}}{{end}} (WA)"
    displayname_template: "{{if .Notify}}{{.Notify}}{{else}}{{.Jid}}{{end}} (WA)"
    # Localpart template for per-user room grouping community IDs.
    # On startup, the bridge will try to create these communities, add all of the specific user's
    # portals to the community, and invite the Matrix user to it.
    # (Note that, by default, non-admins might not have your homeserver's permission to create
    #  communities.)
    # {{.Localpart}} is the MXID localpart and {{.Server}} is the MXID server part of the user.
    # whatsapp_{{.Localpart}}={{.Server}} is a good value that should work for any user.
    community_template: null

    # WhatsApp connection timeout in seconds.
    connection_timeout: 20
    # If WhatsApp doesn't respond within connection_timeout, should the bridge try to fetch the message
    # to see if it was actually bridged? Use this if you have problems with sends timing out but actually
    # succeeding.
    fetch_message_on_timeout: false
    # Whether or not the bridge should send a read receipt from the bridge bot when a message has been
    # sent to WhatsApp. If fetch_message_on_timeout is enabled, a successful post-timeout fetch will
    # trigger a read receipt too.
    delivery_receipts: false
    # Number of times to regenerate QR code when logging in.
    # The regenerated QR code is sent as an edit and essentially multiplies the login timeout (20 seconds)
    login_qr_regen_count: 2
    # Maximum number of times to retry connecting on connection error.
    max_connection_attempts: 3
    # Number of seconds to wait between connection attempts.
    # Negative numbers are exponential backoff: -connection_retry_delay + 1 + 2^attempts
    connection_retry_delay: -1
    # Whether or not the bridge should send a notice to the user's management room when it retries connecting.
    # If false, it will only report when it stops retrying.
    report_connection_retry: true
    # Whether or not the bridge should reconnect even if WhatsApp says another web client connected.
    aggressive_reconnect: false
    # Maximum number of seconds to wait for chats to be sent at startup.
    # If this is too low and you have lots of chats, it could cause backfilling to fail.
    chat_list_wait: 30
    # Maximum number of seconds to wait to sync portals before force unlocking message processing.
    # If this is too low and you have lots of chats, it could cause backfilling to fail.
    portal_sync_wait: 600
    user_message_buffer: 1024
    portal_message_buffer: 128

    # Whether or not to send call start/end notices to Matrix.
    call_notices:
        start: true
        end: true

    # Number of chats to sync for new users.
    initial_chat_sync_count: 10
    # Number of old messages to fill when creating new portal rooms.
    initial_history_fill_count: 20
    # Whether or not notifications should be turned off while filling initial history.
    # Only applicable when using double puppeting.
    initial_history_disable_notifications: false
    # Maximum number of chats to sync when recovering from downtime.
    # Set to -1 to sync all new chats during downtime.
    recovery_chat_sync_limit: -1
    # Whether or not to sync history when recovering from downtime.
    recovery_history_backfill: true
    # Maximum number of seconds since last message in chat to skip
    # syncing the chat in any case. This setting will take priority
    # over both recovery_chat_sync_limit and initial_chat_sync_count.
    # Default is 3 days = 259200 seconds
    sync_max_chat_age: 259200

    # Whether or not to sync with custom puppets to receive EDUs that
    # are not normally sent to appservices.
    sync_with_custom_puppets: true
    # Whether or not to update the m.direct account data event when double puppeting is enabled.
    # Note that updating the m.direct event is not atomic (except with mautrix-asmux)
    # and is therefore prone to race conditions.
    sync_direct_chat_list: false
    # When double puppeting is enabled, users can use `!wa toggle` to change whether or not
    # presence and read receipts are bridged. These settings set the default values.
    # Existing users won't be affected when these are changed.
    default_bridge_receipts: true
    default_bridge_presence: true
    # Shared secret for https://github.com/devture/matrix-synapse-shared-secret-auth
    #
    # If set, custom puppets will be enabled automatically for local users
    # instead of users having to find an access token and run `login-matrix`
    # manually.
    login_shared_secret: null

    # Whether or not to invite own WhatsApp user's Matrix puppet into private
    # chat portals when backfilling if needed.
    # This always uses the default puppet instead of custom puppets due to
    # rate limits and timestamp massaging.
    invite_own_puppet_for_backfilling: true
    # Whether or not to explicitly set the avatar and room name for private
    # chat portal rooms. This can be useful if the previous field works fine,
    # but causes room avatar/name bugs.
    private_chat_portal_meta: false
    # Set this to true to tell the bridge to re-send m.bridge events to all rooms on the next run.
    # This field will automatically be changed back to false after it,
    # except if the config file is not writable.
    resend_bridge_info: false

    # Whether or not thumbnails from WhatsApp should be sent.
    # They're disabled by default due to very low resolution.
    whatsapp_thumbnail: false

    # Allow invite permission for user. User can invite any bots to room with whatsapp
    # users (private chat and groups)
    allow_user_invite: false

    # The prefix for commands. Only required in non-management rooms.
    command_prefix: "!wa"

    # End-to-bridge encryption support options. This requires login_shared_secret to be configured
    # in order to get a device for the bridge bot.
    #
    # Additionally, https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/5758 is required if using a normal
    # application service.
    encryption:
        # Allow encryption, work in group chat rooms with e2ee enabled
        allow: false
        # Default to encryption, force-enable encryption in all portals the bridge creates
        # This will cause the bridge bot to be in private chats for the encryption to work properly.
        # It is recommended to also set private_chat_portal_meta to true when using this.
        default: false
        # Options for automatic key sharing.
        key_sharing:
            # Enable key sharing? If enabled, key requests for rooms where users are in will be fulfilled.
            # You must use a client that supports requesting keys from other users to use this feature.
            allow: false
            # Require the requesting device to have a valid cross-signing signature?
            # This doesn't require that the bridge has verified the device, only that the user has verified it.
            # Not yet implemented.
            require_cross_signing: false
            # Require devices to be verified by the bridge?
            # Verification by the bridge is not yet implemented.
            require_verification: true

    # Permissions for using the bridge.
    # Permitted values:
    # relaybot - Talk through the relaybot (if enabled), no access otherwise
    #     user - Access to use the bridge to chat with a WhatsApp account.
    #    admin - User level and some additional administration tools
    # Permitted keys:
    #        * - All Matrix users
    #   domain - All users on that homeserver
    #     mxid - Specific user
    permissions:
        "*": relaybot
        "example.com": user
        "@admin:example.com": admin

    relaybot:
        # Whether or not relaybot support is enabled.
        enabled: false
        # The management room for the bot. This is where all status notifications are posted and
        # in this room, you can use `!wa <command>` instead of `!wa relaybot <command>`. Omitting
        # the command prefix completely like in user management rooms is not possible.
        management: "!foo:example.com"
        # List of users to invite to all created rooms that include the relaybot.
        invites: []
        # The formats to use when sending messages to WhatsApp via the relaybot.
        message_formats:
            m.text: "<b>{{ .Sender.Displayname }}</b>: {{ .Message }}"
            m.notice: "<b>{{ .Sender.Displayname }}</b>: {{ .Message }}"
            m.emote: "* <b>{{ .Sender.Displayname }}</b> {{ .Message }}"
            m.file: "<b>{{ .Sender.Displayname }}</b> sent a file"
            m.image: "<b>{{ .Sender.Displayname }}</b> sent an image"
            m.audio: "<b>{{ .Sender.Displayname }}</b> sent an audio file"
            m.video: "<b>{{ .Sender.Displayname }}</b> sent a video"
            m.location: "<b>{{ .Sender.Displayname }}</b> sent a location"

# Logging config.
logging:
    # The directory for log files. Will be created if not found.
    directory: ./logs
    # Available variables: .Date for the file date and .Index for different log files on the same day.
    file_name_format: "{{.Date}}-{{.Index}}.log"
    # Date format for file names in the Go time format: https://golang.org/pkg/time/#pkg-constants
    file_date_format: 2006-01-02
    # Log file permissions.
    file_mode: 0600
    # Timestamp format for log entries in the Go time format.
    timestamp_format: Jan _2, 2006 15:04:05
    # Minimum severity for log messages.
    # Options: debug, info, warn, error, fatal
    print_level: debug