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, 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 description, category, contact email, website(s), address, time zone, and opening hours 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)
💬 About / status	the public about text the user has chosen to share
🖼️ Profile picture	public profile picture URL
🏢 Business profile	nested business object for Business accounts: description, category, email, websites, address, time zone, and opening hours

Fields hidden by a user's WhatsApp privacy settings come back as null.

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 — description, category, email, websites, address, time zone, and opening hours — straight into a nested business object. It's a ready-made WhatsApp Business lead scraper.

✅ 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",
    "about": "Hey there! I am using WhatsApp.",
    "profilePicUrl": "https://pps.whatsapp.net/...",
    "business": {
        "description": "Fresh groceries delivered daily.",
        "category": "Grocery Store",
        "email": "hello@example.com",
        "websites": ["https://example.com"],
        "address": "123 Market St, San Francisco, CA",
        "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
        "hours": [
            { "day": "mon", "mode": "specific_hours", "openTime": "09:00", "closeTime": "17:00" }
        ]
    }
}

For personal accounts business is null.

Numbers not on WhatsApp return { "hasWhatsApp": false }; invalid numbers return { "hasWhatsApp": false, "error": "..." } without stopping the run.

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 fields as the dataset) 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 account type (personal or WhatsApp Business), and the full business profile for Business accounts (description, category, email, websites, address, opening hours) — 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 description, category/vertical, contact email, website URLs, physical address, time zone, and opening hours — everything the business has chosen to publish on its WhatsApp profile. Personal accounts return business: null.

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.