WhatsApp Profile Scraper & Number Validator

WhatsApp Scraper is a bulk WhatsApp data extraction tool that turns a list of phone numbers into rich, structured profile data. For every number it verifies whether the account exists on WhatsApp and then scrapes the public WhatsApp profile — profile picture, about/status text, personal-vs-business account type, and, for WhatsApp Business accounts, the full business profile: business name, category, email, website, address, and opening hours. Feed it phone numbers and get back clean data you can download as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or XML.

It's both a WhatsApp profile scraper and a WhatsApp number validator: use it to scrape WhatsApp Business contact details (email, website, address) for lead generation, enrich CRM records with profile data, and check if a number is on WhatsApp to clean phone lists before a campaign. It runs in the cloud and needs no coding.

What does the WhatsApp Scraper do?

For each phone number, the Actor:

1. Validates the phone number format — malformed numbers are rejected up front, so you never waste a lookup on a number that can't be valid.
2. Checks WhatsApp registration — confirms whether the number is a real, registered WhatsApp account.
3. Scrapes the public WhatsApp profile — for a registered number it pulls the public profile picture URL, the about/status text, the country, how many devices are linked, and whether the account is personal or a WhatsApp Business account.
4. Extracts the full WhatsApp Business profile — for business accounts it also captures the business name, description, every category, contact email, website(s), address, GPS coordinates, time zone, opening hours, how long they've been on WhatsApp, and any linked Facebook page in a structured business object.

What data does it scrape?

Each result is one row per phone number:

Data	Details
📱 Number	the phone number that was checked, in E.164 digits
✅ Has WhatsApp	whether the number is a registered WhatsApp account (true / false)
🏷️ Account type	personal or business (WhatsApp Business)
🌍 Identity	identity object: the country WhatsApp itself reports, plus its internal account id
💬 About / status	profile.about — the public about text, with profile.aboutRestricted telling you when privacy settings hid it
🖼️ Profile picture	profile.picUrl, plus profile.picHash so you can tell whether the picture changed since your last run
📱 Devices	devices object: how many devices are linked, and whether the number runs on the WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API)
🏢 Business profile	nested business object for Business accounts: name, description, all categories, email, websites, address, latitude/longitude, time zone, opening hours, how long they've been on WhatsApp, cart/commerce flags, and a linked Facebook page with follower count

Fields hidden by a user's WhatsApp privacy settings come back as null. An about that exists but is private comes back empty with profile.aboutRestricted: true, so you can tell "no status" apart from "status hidden".

Features

🖼️ Public WhatsApp profile scraping

Beyond a simple yes/no, the Actor scrapes the public profile picture URL, the about/status text, and the account type (personal or WhatsApp Business) for every registered number — the data you'd otherwise have to open each chat to see.

🏢 WhatsApp Business profile data extraction

Flags whether each number is a WhatsApp Business account or personal, and for business accounts scrapes the full public profile — business name, description, every category, email, websites, address, GPS coordinates, time zone, opening hours, account age, cart/commerce flags, and a linked Facebook page with its follower count — straight into a nested business object. It's a ready-made WhatsApp Business lead scraper.

🛰️ Business-API detection

devices.hosted tells you when a number is served by the WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) rather than someone's phone — a strong signal that you're looking at a real business integration rather than a personal account with a business label.

✅ Bulk WhatsApp number validation

Pass an array of phone numbers and the Actor checks each one independently. Invalid numbers are reported per-number without stopping the run, so a single bad number never kills the whole job — ideal for validating and enriching large phone lists in one go.

🧹 Phone-list cleaning & lead verification

Filter a raw phone list down to numbers that actually have WhatsApp, so your outreach reaches real, reachable people and your message credits aren't wasted on bounces.

📤 Clean, structured output

Results are written to a dataset you can export as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or XML — one row per phone number, ready to drop into a spreadsheet, CRM, or automation.

How to scrape WhatsApp profile data

1. Add the phone numbers you want to look up to the input in international E.164 format (e.g. +14155552671).
2. Click Start and let the Actor run.
3. Download the scraped results from the Storage tab as JSON, CSV, or Excel — or push them anywhere with Apify integrations.

Input example

{
    "numbers": ["+14155552671", "+905010740316"]
}

Provide numbers in international E.164 format (e.g. +14155552671). See the Input tab for the full schema.

Output example

The Actor returns one record per number:

{
    "number": "14155552671",
    "hasWhatsApp": true,
    "accountType": "business",
    "identity": {
        "countryCode": "US",
        "lid": "258166877098174@lid"
    },
    "profile": {
        "about": "Hey there! I am using WhatsApp.",
        "aboutRestricted": false,
        "picUrl": "https://pps.whatsapp.net/...",
        "picHash": "tkphavoFaBWOiNjZo/B5L+uG8Bw4BjhRDNPgDs+1vp4="
    },
    "devices": {
        "count": 2,
        "hosted": true
    },
    "business": {
        "displayName": "Fresh Market",
        "description": "Fresh groceries delivered daily.",
        "category": "Grocery Store",
        "categories": ["Grocery Store", "Food delivery"],
        "email": "hello@example.com",
        "websites": ["https://example.com"],
        "address": "123 Market St, San Francisco, CA",
        "latitude": 37.7749,
        "longitude": -122.4194,
        "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
        "hours": [
            { "day": "mon", "mode": "specific_hours", "openTime": "09:00", "closeTime": "17:00" }
        ],
        "memberSince": "Joined in January, 2026",
        "memberSinceTs": 1768942697,
        "businessType": "smb",
        "verifiedLevel": "unknown",
        "cartEnabled": true,
        "commerceExperience": "none",
        "automatedType": "unknown",
        "linkedFacebookPage": { "id": "466831876520417", "name": "Fresh Market", "likes": 44 }
    }
}

Fields are grouped so you only get what applies. identity, profile and devices are returned for every registered number; business is null for personal accounts, since WhatsApp publishes none of it for them — including the name.

Numbers not on WhatsApp return { "hasWhatsApp": false }; invalid numbers return { "hasWhatsApp": false, "error": "..." } without stopping the run. Neither carries the four objects.

Input reference

Field	Type	Description
numbers	array	Phone numbers to scrape, in international E.164 format (e.g. +14155552671). Invalid formats are reported per-number without stopping the run.

Real-time API

Need profile data on demand? Turn on Standby mode and call the actor like a live API — send a batch of numbers, get the scraped results straight back in the HTTP response. Up to 50 numbers per request.

Every request needs your Apify token, passed as a Bearer token (or a ?token= query param).

Scrape a batch of numbers:

curl -X POST "https://vero-api--whatsapp-scraper.apify.actor/" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"numbers": ["+14155552671", "+353830648858"]}'

The response is JSON: a results array (one entry per number, same grouped fields as the dataset — identity, profile, devices, business) plus checked and skipped counts.

Why use a WhatsApp scraper?

Scraping WhatsApp profile data and validating numbers before you contact them saves time, money, and your sender reputation. Common use cases for this WhatsApp scraper include:

• B2B lead generation from WhatsApp Business — turn a phone number into a company's public email, website, address, and opening hours, ready for sales outreach or a directory.
• Lead enrichment & data cleaning — attach WhatsApp status, account type, and profile data to raw phone lists, then filter down to numbers that actually have WhatsApp.
• Marketing & WhatsApp campaigns — validate audiences before a broadcast to cut bounce rates and avoid wasted message credits.
• CRM hygiene & enrichment — de-duplicate and enrich contact records with verified WhatsApp status, account type, and public profile fields.
• Research & verification — confirm whether a number is on WhatsApp and capture the public profile details a user has chosen to share.

Frequently asked questions

What can the WhatsApp Scraper extract?

For each number it scrapes the public profile picture URL, the about/status text, the country, the linked-device count, the account type (personal or WhatsApp Business), and the full business profile for Business accounts (name, description, categories, email, websites, address, GPS coordinates, opening hours, account age, linked Facebook page) — plus a hasWhatsApp flag for validation.

How do I check if a phone number is on WhatsApp?

Add the number in E.164 format to the input and run the Actor. It returns hasWhatsApp: true or false, plus the scraped public profile data for registered numbers.

Can I scrape and validate WhatsApp numbers in bulk?

Yes. Pass an array of numbers and the Actor processes each one, returning a separate result row per number. Invalid numbers are skipped individually without stopping the run.

Can it tell a WhatsApp Business account from a personal one?

Yes. Every registered number is tagged with an accountType of business or personal, and Business accounts also return a nested business object with the company's public details.

What WhatsApp Business details can it scrape?

For a WhatsApp Business account, the business object includes the business name, description, every category/vertical, contact email, website URLs, physical address, latitude and longitude, time zone, opening hours, when they joined WhatsApp, cart and commerce flags, and any linked Facebook page with its follower count — everything the business has chosen to publish on its WhatsApp profile. Personal accounts return business: null.

Can it scrape a person's name?

Only for business accounts, as business.displayName. WhatsApp does not publish a display name for personal accounts you have never messaged, so there is no name to scrape for them — no tool can return one.

Can it scrape WhatsApp usernames (@handles)?

Not yet, and not because of a limitation here: WhatsApp has not switched usernames on. A handle can be reserved before it works, and WhatsApp returns nothing for it on every lookup route.

In what formats can I export the scraped data?

You can download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or XML from the Storage tab, or send it to Google Sheets, a database, or any service through Apify integrations.