From 11594b28878276c433af3f046ed169f03d9a7a93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maksim Koryukov <maxkoryukov@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:30:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(client): move `sendReaction` method to the Client
 (#201695)

`Message.react` moved to `Client.sendReaction`
---
 index.d.ts                |  6 ++++++
 src/Client.js             | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/structures/Message.js | 19 +------------------
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 9fc11bb..13051ee 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ declare namespace WAWebJS {
             options?: MessageSendOptions,
         ): Promise<Message>;
 
+        /** Send a reaction to a specific messageId */
+        sendReaction(
+            messageId: string,
+            reaction: string,
+        ): Promise<void>;
+
         /** Sends a channel admin invitation to a user, allowing them to become an admin of the channel */
         sendChannelAdminInvite(
             chatId: string,
diff --git a/src/Client.js b/src/Client.js
index 145e110..15727c8 100644
--- a/src/Client.js
+++ b/src/Client.js
@@ -1540,6 +1540,33 @@ class Client extends EventEmitter {
         return sentMsg ? new Message(this, sentMsg) : undefined;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Send an emoji reaction to a specific message
+     * @param {string} messageId - Id of the message to add the reaction.
+     * @param {string} reaction  - Emoji to react with. Send an empty string to remove the reaction.
+     * @return {Promise}
+     */
+    async sendReaction(messageId, reaction) {
+        await this.pupPage.evaluate(
+            async (messageId, reaction) => {
+                if (!messageId) return null;
+                const msg =
+                    window.require('WAWebCollections').Msg.get(messageId) ||
+                    (
+                        await window
+                            .require('WAWebCollections')
+                            .Msg.getMessagesById([messageId])
+                    )?.messages?.[0];
+                if (!msg) return null;
+                await window
+                    .require('WAWebSendReactionMsgAction')
+                    .sendReactionToMsg(msg, reaction);
+            },
+            messageId,
+            reaction,
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * @typedef {Object} SendChannelAdminInviteOptions
      * @property {?string} comment The comment to be added to an invitation
diff --git a/src/structures/Message.js b/src/structures/Message.js
index 8ac970e..b3323bf 100644
--- a/src/structures/Message.js
+++ b/src/structures/Message.js
@@ -477,24 +477,7 @@ class Message extends Base {
      * @return {Promise}
      */
     async react(reaction) {
-        await this.client.pupPage.evaluate(
-            async (messageId, reaction) => {
-                if (!messageId) return null;
-                const msg =
-                    window.require('WAWebCollections').Msg.get(messageId) ||
-                    (
-                        await window
-                            .require('WAWebCollections')
-                            .Msg.getMessagesById([messageId])
-                    )?.messages?.[0];
-                if (!msg) return null;
-                await window
-                    .require('WAWebSendReactionMsgAction')
-                    .sendReactionToMsg(msg, reaction);
-            },
-            this.id._serialized,
-            reaction,
-        );
+        return this.client.sendReaction(this.id._serialized, reaction);
     }
 
     /**