Merge pull request #51 from filipporomani/patch-1

add mark_as_read

README.md

@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ Unofficial python wrapper to [WhatsApp Cloud API](https://developers.facebook.co
 ## Features supported
 
 1. Sending messages
-2. Sending  Media (images, audio, video and documents)
-3. Sending location
-4. Sending interactive buttons
-5. Sending template messages
-6. Parsing messages and media received
+2. Marking messages as read
+3. Sending  Media (images, audio, video and documents)
+4. Sending location
+5. Sending interactive buttons
+6. Sending template messages
+7. Parsing messages and media received
 
 ## Getting started
 
@@ -89,6 +90,14 @@ Use this method to send text message to a WhatsApp number.
 >>> messenger.send_message('Your message ', 'Mobile eg: 255757xxxxx')
 ```
 
+## Marking messages as read
+
+Use this method to mark a previously sent text message as read.
+
+```python
+>>> messenger.mark_as_read('Message ID')
+```
+
 ## Sending Images
 
 When sending media(image, video, audio, gif and document ), you can either specify a link containing  the media or specify object id, you can do this using the same method.

heyoo/__init__.py

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def __init__(self, token=None, phone_number_id=None):
         self.token = token
         self.phone_number_id = phone_number_id
         self.base_url = "https://graph.facebook.com/v14.0"
+        self.v15_base_url = "https://graph.facebook.com/v15.0"
         self.url = f"{self.base_url}/{phone_number_id}/messages"
 
         self.headers = {
@@ -488,6 +489,27 @@ def delete_media(self, media_id: str):
         logging.info(f"Status code: {r.status_code}")
         logging.info(f"Response: {r.json()}")
         return None
+
+    def mark_as_read(self, message_id: str):
+        """
+        Marks a message as read
+        
+        Args: 
+            message_id[str]: Id of the message to be marked as read
+        """
+        headers = {
+            'Authorization': f'Bearer {self.token}',
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        }
+
+        json_data = {
+            'messaging_product': 'whatsapp',
+            'status': 'read',
+            'message_id': message_id,
+        }
+        response = requests.post(
+            f'{self.v15_base_url}/{self.phone_number_id}/messages', headers=headers, json=json_data).json()
+        return response["success"]
 
     def create_button(self, button):
         """