How to approve join requests in PHP with the Wapito WhatsApp API

<?php
// Group Join Requests with the Wapito WhatsApp API.
//
// Turn approval on, read the pending queue, approve the people you can identify, reject the rest and keep your own audit log.
//
// Run it with:
//   export WAPITO_TOKEN="wpt_..."
//   php group-join-requests.php
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

$baseUrl = 'https://api.wapito.com/v1';
$token = getenv('WAPITO_TOKEN');

// --- Turn on approval for the group ---
$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('PATCH', $baseUrl . '/groups/120363041234567890@g.us/settings', [
  'body' => '{"messages_admin_only":false,"membership_approval":true}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . $token,
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();

// --- Read the pending queue ---
$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', $baseUrl . '/groups/120363041234567890@g.us/applications', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . $token,
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();

// --- Approve the ones you recognise ---
$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', $baseUrl . '/groups/120363041234567890@g.us/applications/+15551234567/approve', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . $token,
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();

// --- Reject the rest and record why ---
$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', $baseUrl . '/groups/120363041234567890@g.us/applications/+15551234567', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . $token,
  ],
]);

echo $response->getStatusCode();

<?php
// public/webhook.php - run with: php -S 0.0.0.0:8000 -t public
require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface as Response;
use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface as Request;
use Slim\Factory\AppFactory;

$secret = getenv('WAPITO_WEBHOOK_SECRET');
$events = ['groups.participants'];

/** Checks the X-Wapito-Signature header: t=<ms>,v1=<hex hmac-sha256>. */
function wapito_verify(string $raw, ?string $header, string $secret): bool
{
    if (!$header) {
        return false;
    }
    $parts = [];
    foreach (explode(',', $header) as $pair) {
        [$k, $v] = array_pad(explode('=', $pair, 2), 2, null);
        $parts[$k] = $v;
    }
    if (empty($parts['t']) || empty($parts['v1'])) {
        return false;
    }
    if (abs((int) (microtime(true) * 1000) - (int) $parts['t']) > 300000) {
        return false; // 5 minute clock skew
    }
    $expected = hash_hmac('sha256', $parts['t'] . '.' . $raw, $secret);
    return hash_equals($expected, $parts['v1']);
}

$app = AppFactory::create();
$app->post('/wapito', function (Request $request, Response $response) use ($secret, $events) {
    $raw = (string) $request->getBody();
    if (!wapito_verify($raw, $request->getHeaderLine('X-Wapito-Signature'), $secret)) {
        return $response->withStatus(401);
    }
    $payload = json_decode($raw, true);
    if (in_array($payload['event'], $events, true)) {
        error_log($payload['event'] . ' ' . json_encode($payload['data']));
    }
    return $response->withStatus(200); // answer 2xx fast; do the real work in a queue
});
$app->run();