Removed nested message stringify

src/index.ts

@@ -218,10 +218,7 @@ export class WhatsAppAPI<EmittersReturnType = void> {
 
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
         // @ts-ignore - TS dumb, the _type will always match the type
-        request[type] =
-            // Prettier will probably kill me, but this comment has a purpose.
-            // It prevents ts-ignore from ignoring more than intended.
-            message._build();
+        request[type] = message;
 
         if (context) request.context = { message_id: context };
         if (biz_opaque_callback_data)

src/messages/contacts.ts

@@ -123,10 +123,9 @@ export class Contacts extends ClientMessage {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @override
      * @internal
      */
-    _build(): string {
+    toJSON() {
         return JSON.stringify(this.component);
     }
 }

src/types.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@
  * feel free to read the docs :)
  */
 
+import type {
+    Text,
+    Audio,
+    Document,
+    Image,
+    Sticker,
+    Video,
+    Location,
+    Interactive,
+    Template,
+    Reaction,
+    Contacts
+} from "./messages";
 import type { AtLeastOne } from "./utils";
 
 export const DEFAULT_API_VERSION = "v20.0";
@@ -149,14 +162,6 @@ export abstract class ClientMessage {
      * @internal
      */
     abstract get _type(): ClientMessageNames;
-    /**
-     * The message built as a string. In most cases it's just JSON.stringify(this)
-     *
-     * @internal
-     */
-    _build(): string {
-        return JSON.stringify(this);
-    }
 }
 
 export interface ClientTypedMessageComponent {
@@ -381,47 +386,47 @@ export type ClientMessageRequest = {
 } & (
     | {
           type: "text";
-          text?: string;
+          text?: Text;
       }
     | {
           type: "audio";
-          audio?: string;
+          audio?: Audio;
       }
     | {
           type: "document";
-          document?: string;
+          document?: Document;
       }
     | {
           type: "image";
-          image?: string;
+          image?: Image;
       }
     | {
           type: "sticker";
-          sticker?: string;
+          sticker?: Sticker;
       }
     | {
           type: "video";
-          video?: string;
+          video?: Video;
       }
     | {
           type: "location";
-          location?: string;
+          location?: Location;
       }
     | {
           type: "contacts";
-          contacts?: string;
+          contacts?: Contacts;
       }
     | {
           type: "interactive";
-          interactive?: string;
+          interactive?: Interactive;
       }
     | {
           type: "template";
-          template?: string;
+          template?: Template;
       }
     | {
           type: "reaction";
-          reaction?: string;
+          reaction?: Reaction;
       }
 );
 

test/index.test.js

@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ describe("WhatsAppAPI", () => {
             messaging_product: "whatsapp",
             type,
             to: user,
-            text: JSON.stringify(message)
+            text: message
         };
 
         const id = "4";
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ describe("WhatsAppAPI", () => {
             messaging_product: "whatsapp",
             type,
             to: user,
-            text: JSON.stringify(message)
+            text: message
         };
 
         const requestWithContext = {