First take on recipient node

chats-out.html

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         defaults: {
             name: {value:"Chats Out"},
             whatsappLink: {value:"whatsapp-web", type:'whatsappLink'},
-            number: {value: ""}        
+            recipient: {value:"", type:'number-recipient', required:false}        
         },
         outputs:0,
         inputs:1,
@@ -27,17 +27,14 @@
         <input type="text" id="node-input-whatsappLink" placeholder="Name">
     </div>
     <div class="form-row">
-        <label for="node-input-number"><i class="fa fa-address-card-o"></i> Number</label>
+        <label for="node-input-recipient"><i class="fa fa-user"></i> Recipient</label>
-        <input type="text" id="node-input-number" placeholder="Mobile or Group Number..">
+        <input type="text" id="node-input-recipient" placeholder="Select or add recipient">
     </div>
     <div class="form-tips">
-        <p>Don't forget to mention international dialing code befor your number.
+        <p><b>Recipient:</b> Select a reusable Number Recipient configuration (optional).</p>
-        Number must be in format like <b>+11 99999 99999</b> without any space.</p>
+        <p><b>Override at runtime:</b> Provide <code>msg.toNumber</code> to override the configured recipient.</p>
-        <P><b>OR</b></P> 
+        <p>Number format: <b>+11 99999 99999</b> (international dialing code, no spaces).</p>
-        <P>Leave the Number blank here and provide the number along with msg.paylod 
+        <p>For multiple contacts, pass an array: <code>msg.toNumber = ["+1199999999", "+12990000099"]</code></p>
-            at `msg.toNumber` with international code.</P>
-        <p>To send message on multiple contacts an Arrar of number can be passed
-         on `msg.toNumber` like `msg.toNumber = ["+1199999999", "+12990000099", "+1311111111"].</p>
     </div>
 </script>
   

chats-out.js

@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
     function WhatsappOut(config) {
         RED.nodes.createNode(this,config);
         var node = this;
-        node.number = config.number;
+        
+        // Get number from recipient config node if configured
+        var recipientNode = RED.nodes.getNode(config.recipient);
+        node.number = recipientNode ? recipientNode.number : null;
+        
         var whatsappLinkNode = RED.nodes.getNode(config.whatsappLink);
         node.waClient = whatsappLinkNode.client;
         const { MessageMedia, Buttons } = require('whatsapp-web.js');

group-out.html

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         defaults: {
             name: {value:"Group Message"},
             whatsappLink: {value:"whatsapp-web", type:'whatsappLink'},
-            gID: {value: ""}        
+            recipient: {value:"", type:'group-recipient', required:false}        
         },
         outputs:0,
         inputs:1,
@@ -27,17 +27,14 @@
         <input type="text" id="node-input-whatsappLink" placeholder="Name">
     </div>
     <div class="form-row">
-        <label for="node-input-gID"><i class="fa fa-address-card-o"></i> Group ID </label>
+        <label for="node-input-recipient"><i class="fa fa-users"></i> Group Recipient</label>
-        <input type="text" id="node-input-gID" placeholder="Group Chat ID..">
+        <input type="text" id="node-input-recipient" placeholder="Select or add group recipient">
     </div>
     <div class="form-tips">
-        <p>Group chat IDs are numbers given to each chats in whatsapp. <br>
+        <p><b>Recipient:</b> Select a reusable Group Recipient configuration (optional).</p>
-            - For every message recived from whatsapp-chats-in Node,
+        <p><b>Override at runtime:</b> Provide <code>msg.toNumber</code> to override the configured recipient.</p>
-              Chat ID may be read at <b>msg.chatID</b>.<br>
+        <p>Group IDs are in format NUMBER-TIMESTAMP (e.g., 1234567890-1234567890).</p>
-             <b>Or</b><br>
+        <p>Find group IDs from <code>msg.chatID</code> in chats-in node or from the admin node when joining groups.</p>
-            - Chat ID of group can also be recive from whatsapp-admin Node,
-              whenever the new group joined, Admin Node will notifiy the same.
-        </p>
     </div>
 </script>
   

group-out.js

@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
     function WhatsappGroupOut(config) {
         RED.nodes.createNode(this,config);
         var node = this;
-        node.number = config.gID;
+        
+        // Get group ID from recipient config node if configured
+        var recipientNode = RED.nodes.getNode(config.recipient);
+        node.number = recipientNode ? recipientNode.groupId : null;
+        
         var whatsappLinkNode = RED.nodes.getNode(config.whatsappLink);
         node.waClient = whatsappLinkNode.client;
 

groupRecipient.html

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<script type="text/javascript">
+    RED.nodes.registerType('group-recipient', {
+        category: 'config',
+        defaults: {
+            name: {value: ""},
+            groupId: {value: "", required: true}
+        },
+        label: function() {
+            return this.name || this.groupId || "Group Recipient";
+        }
+    });
+</script>
+
+<script type="text/html" data-template-name="group-recipient">
+    <div class="form-row">
+        <label for="node-config-input-name"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i> Name</label>
+        <input type="text" id="node-config-input-name" placeholder="Name">
+    </div>
+    <div class="form-row">
+        <label for="node-config-input-groupId"><i class="fa fa-users"></i> Group ID</label>
+        <input type="text" id="node-config-input-groupId" placeholder="1234567890-1234567890">
+    </div>
+    <div class="form-tips">
+        <strong>Tip:</strong> Enter the WhatsApp group ID in the format NUMBER-TIMESTAMP (e.g., 1234567890-1234567890).
+        <br>You can find the group ID by sending a message to the group and checking the message metadata.
+    </div>
+</script>
+
+<script type="text/html" data-help-name="group-recipient">
+    <p>Configuration node for a WhatsApp group recipient.</p>
+    <h3>Details</h3>
+    <p>This configuration node stores a group ID that can be reused across multiple group output nodes.</p>
+    <p>The group ID can be overridden at runtime by setting <code>msg.toNumber</code> in the flow.</p>
+    <h3>Configuration</h3>
+    <dl class="message-properties">
+        <dt>Name <span class="property-type">string</span></dt>
+        <dd>A friendly name to identify this group (optional).</dd>
+        <dt>Group ID <span class="property-type">string</span></dt>
+        <dd>The WhatsApp group ID in the format NUMBER-TIMESTAMP (contains a hyphen).</dd>
+    </dl>
+</script>

groupRecipient.js

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module.exports = function(RED) {
+    function GroupRecipientNode(n) {
+        RED.nodes.createNode(this, n);
+        this.groupId = n.groupId;
+        this.name = n.name;
+    }
+    RED.nodes.registerType("group-recipient", GroupRecipientNode);
+}

numberRecipient.html

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<script type="text/javascript">
+    RED.nodes.registerType('number-recipient', {
+        category: 'config',
+        defaults: {
+            name: {value: ""},
+            number: {value: "", required: true}
+        },
+        label: function() {
+            return this.name || this.number || "Number Recipient";
+        }
+    });
+</script>
+
+<script type="text/html" data-template-name="number-recipient">
+    <div class="form-row">
+        <label for="node-config-input-name"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i> Name</label>
+        <input type="text" id="node-config-input-name" placeholder="Name">
+    </div>
+    <div class="form-row">
+        <label for="node-config-input-number"><i class="fa fa-phone"></i> Phone Number</label>
+        <input type="text" id="node-config-input-number" placeholder="+1234567890">
+    </div>
+    <div class="form-tips">
+        <strong>Tip:</strong> Enter the phone number with or without country code (e.g., +1234567890 or 1234567890).
+    </div>
+</script>
+
+<script type="text/html" data-help-name="number-recipient">
+    <p>Configuration node for a WhatsApp chat recipient.</p>
+    <h3>Details</h3>
+    <p>This configuration node stores a phone number that can be reused across multiple chat output nodes.</p>
+    <p>The phone number can be overridden at runtime by setting <code>msg.toNumber</code> in the flow.</p>
+    <h3>Configuration</h3>
+    <dl class="message-properties">
+        <dt>Name <span class="property-type">string</span></dt>
+        <dd>A friendly name to identify this recipient (optional).</dd>
+        <dt>Phone Number <span class="property-type">string</span></dt>
+        <dd>The WhatsApp phone number. Can include country code with or without + prefix.</dd>
+    </dl>
+</script>

numberRecipient.js

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module.exports = function(RED) {
+    function NumberRecipientNode(n) {
+        RED.nodes.createNode(this, n);
+        this.number = n.number;
+        this.name = n.name;
+    }
+    RED.nodes.registerType("number-recipient", NumberRecipientNode);
+}

package.json

@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
       "whatsapp chats-out": "chats-out.js",
       "whatsapp group-out": "group-out.js",
       "whatsapp reply": "whatsappReply.js",
-      "whatsapp Link": "whatsappLink.js"
+      "whatsapp Link": "whatsappLink.js",
+      "number-recipient": "numberRecipient.js",
+      "group-recipient": "groupRecipient.js"
     }
   },
   "dependencies": {