[WhatsApp Web Beta] Stuck on getIdbObjects

[thewh1teagle]

I tried to use your script with chromium to store the session on file but after I logged in using the qr code the scripts hangs on.
As you can see in the picture, I use the beta version of whatsapp.

[TSRBerry]

Oh that's a wierd issue, I don't know how this is happening yet, but I'll figure it out soon.
Can you tell me which option you tried to use? I don't think that it actually matters for the bug, but maybe it'll help.

That's the second issue related to WhatsApp Web Beta now, so they may have made some changes that trigger some funky behavior within my script. Can anyone participate in this or is there some special requirement for WhatsApp Web Beta?

[thewh1teagle]

I tried to use it with chrome and the option to save the session to local file.
Also, I have a plan to make this thing as browser extension.
I tried to manually backup and restore indexeddb user object store in wac database, and the localstorage. But it was not enough, whatsapp does not signed in. Maybe we can compare my indexeddb databases versus yours (because i use the beta version) then i will be able to figure out what databases to backup

[TSRBerry]

That sounds great!

But I would prefer not to compare these databases publicly since they contain keys for authentication to WhatsApp.
Since you are developer too and have some experience with IndexedDB and LocalStorage, I want to tell you about the stuff to leave out and then you could provide the data that WhatsApp Web Beta stores in there.
I will follow up with another message as soon as I looked up the exact names and tell you how to look for the things I think I need.

[TSRBerry]

Okay, let's do that a bit differently.

Log in to WhatsApp Web Beta and look through LocalStorage and IndexedDB. Look for a key that says something like WASecretBundle. Normally there should also be WAToken1 and WAToken2 around there, so if you find them in the same place that's good news.

I don't need the exact values of these keys. I just need to know where they are.
Normal WhatsApp Web stores these keys for IndexedDB this way: DB "wawc" -> ObjectStore "user" so you would find all the important keys and values in there.

Could you tell me where these keys are stored in the beta version for IndexedDB?
If you also find them in localStorage, please tell me if they still use these keys directly.

[thewh1teagle]

I can't see any key like WASecretBundle or WAToken1 or WAToken2 in indexedDB

Some useful info

My local storage keys

> Object.keys(localStorage)
[
  'whatsapp-mutex',
  'remember-me',
  'MdUpgradeWamFlag',
  'WARoutingInfo',
  'theme',
  'syncd_disabled_due_to_fatal',
  'system-theme-mode',
  'WANoiseInfoIv',
  'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==',
  'debugCursor',
  'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==',
  'contact-sync-refresh-seconds',
  'last-wid-md',
  'WaInitialHistorySynced',
  'MdHistoryLastChunkProcessed',
  'WALangPref',
  'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==',
  'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==',
  'preserved_user_keys',
  'md-opted-in',
  'mobile-platform',
  'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==',
  'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==',
  'WANoiseInfo',
  'WAHistorySyncStatus',
  'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==',
  'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==',
  'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==',
  'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==',
  'WAShouldCheckContactSyncStatus',
  'abprops',
  'XXXXXXXXXXXXXX==',
  'WebEncKeySalt',
  'old-logout-cred',
  'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==',
  'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==',
  'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==',
  'history-sync-earliest-date',
  'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==',
  'critical_data_synced'
]

IndexedDB databases

user objectStore inside wawc database in indexedDB

[
    {
        "key": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==",
        "value": "false"
    },
    {
        "key": XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==",
        "value": "{\"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==\":1,\"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==\":2}"
    },
    {
        "key": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==",
        "value": "{\"DELETE_MSG_CLEAR_MEDIA\":true,\"MD_PAYMENT\":true,\"ARCHIVE_BROADCAST\":true,\"RECENT_EMOJI_SYNC\":true,\"VOIP_VOICE_CALL\":true,\"DESKTOP_VOIP_VOICE_CALL\":true,\"DESKTOP_VOIP_VIDEO_CALL\":true,\"MD_BACKEND\":true,\"MD_ADV\":true,\"MD_VOIP_GROUP\":false,\"VOIP_INDIVIDUAL_OUTGOING\":true,\"GROUPS_V_3\":true,\"GROUPS_V_3_CREATE\":false,\"CHANGE_NUMBER_V_2\":true,\"QUERY_STATUS_V_3_THUMBNAIL\":false,\"LIVE_LOCATIONS\":true,\"QUERY_VNAME\":true,\"VOIP_INDIVIDUAL_INCOMING\":true,\"PAYMENTS\":true,\"STICKER_PACK_QUERY\":true,\"LIVE_LOCATIONS_FINAL\":true,\"MEDIA_UPLOAD\":true,\"VNAME_V_2\":true,\"VIDEO_PLAYBACK_URL\":true,\"STATUS_RANKING\":true,\"VOIP_INDIVIDUAL_VIDEO\":false,\"THIRD_PARTY_STICKERS\":true,\"FREQUENTLY_FORWARDED_SETTING\":true,\"GROUPS_V_4_JOIN_PERMISSION\":true,\"RECENT_STICKERS\":false,\"CATALOG\":true,\"STARRED_STICKERS\":false,\"TEMPLATE_MESSAGE\":true,\"TEMPLATE_MESSAGE_INTERACTIVITY\":false,\"EPHEMERAL_MESSAGES\":true,\"RECENT_STICKERS_V_2\":true,\"USER_NOTICE\":true,\"SUPPORT\":true,\"GROUP_UII_CLEANUP\":true}"
    },
    {
        "key": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==",
        "value": "[]"
    },
    {
        "key": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==",
        "value": "false"
    },
    {
        "key": "WALangPref",
        "value": "\"en\""
    },
    {
        "key": "WALogPreemptiveCleanUp",
        "value": "false"
    },
    {
        "key": "WARoutingInfo",
        "value": "{\"domain\":\"fb\",\"edgeRouting\":\"XXXXXX==\"}"
    },
    {
        "key": "WAShouldCheckContactSyncStatus",
        "value": "true"
    },
    {
        "key": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==",
        "value": "[0,17]"
    },
    {
        "key": "debugCursor",
        "value": "1222"
    },
    {
        "key": "XXXXXXXXXXXXX==",
        "value": "{\"XXXXXXXXXXXXXX==\":1}"
    },
    {
        "key": "mobile-platform",
        "value": "\"android\""
    },
    {
        "key": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==",
        "value": "{\"id\":\"global_mute\",\"expiration\":0}"
    },
    {
        "key": "whatsapp-mutex",
        "value": "\"xXXXXXXXXX:init_XXXXXXXXXXXXX\""
    },
    {
        "key": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==",
        "value": "false"
    }
]

[TSRBerry]

Thank you for providing so much information!
That's really interesting. At first glance it seems like they are using a new format now and the keys I should store are in localStorage again.

I will update my script to allow WhatsApp Web Beta to work with it and tell you when you can test the new version. This shouldn't take too long, so I think I'll be done in about 2 hours since I can't work on it right away.

[thewh1teagle]

I already tried to manually restore the whole localStorage and user objectStore inside wawc database but whatsapp didn't connect.
Do you have another way that should work?

[TSRBerry]

Could you describe your process to me?
Maybe I am doing something different, but all my script should do at the moment, is to dump localStorage/IndexedDB to a file after verifying that it found a valid WhatsApp Web login (which is where the script is stuck for you). To load a session it first opens WhatsApp Web normally, imports the file and reloads the page. After that you should be logged in again.
Is this similar to what you did?

[thewh1teagle]

Yes. that's what I tried to do.
You can see what I tried here

[TSRBerry]

Hmm, since I don't have access to the beta, it'll be a lot harder to test.

I would say, let's try that with my implementation again and if that doesn't work I'll ask you to send me the other databases like you did with the wawc database earlier.
It'll be a lot of try and error, but maybe we can get it to work again. If you have other ideas feel free to tell me, so we can talk about them as well.

[TSRBerry]

I pushed my changes (8d13394), which means you could try to run my script again and see if it works (we would need a lot of luck though).
Please show me the output of the script if something fails and hopefully we can figure something out.