# WhatsApp

Bot · Assistants fetching for a user · Link previews · operated by meta

**Identity:** Names itself in its user agent only.

## How to recognise it

- Nothing reliable: Double Agent detects it by behaviour and environment

## With Double Agent

Sessions from WhatsApp are labelled `bot` with `agent_id: meta.whatsapp`, and tagged in your analytics. Nothing is blocked unless you choose to. Install: https://doubleagent.so/install.md

Source: https://github.com/monperrus/crawler-user-agents