Send whatsapp message using python

Have you ever wished to automatically wish your friends on their birthdays, or send a set of messages to your friend ( or any Whastapp contact! ) automatically at a pre-set time, or send your friends by sending thousands of random text on whatsapp! Using Browser Automation you can do all of it and much more!

First you must install these:-

1) Python Bindings for Selenium ( Browser Automation software )

pip install selenium

2) Chrome webdriver
Download Chrome driver from here: Chromedriver download page ( choose your specific version )
Extract it in a known location , as we need the location later

If you get stuck somewhere, Refer To the documentation: Documentation link

3) Chromium Web Browser( Open source version of chrome browser )

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

That’s it! You are all set.

Lets dive in right away-

from selenium import webdriver

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait

from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

import time

  

# Replace below path with the absolute path

# to chromedriver in your computer

driver = webdriver.Chrome('/home/saket/Downloads/chromedriver')

  

driver.get("https://web.whatsapp.com/")

wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 600)

  

# Replace 'Friend's Name' with the name of your friend 

# or the name of a group 

target = '"Friend\'s Name"'

  

# Replace the below string with your own message

string = "Message sent using Python!!!"

  

x_arg = '//span[contains(@title,' + target + ')]'

group_title = wait.until(EC.presence_of_element_located((

    By.XPATH, x_arg)))

group_title.click()

inp_xpath = '//div[@class="input"][@dir="auto"][@data-tab="1"]'

input_box = wait.until(EC.presence_of_element_located((

    By.XPATH, inp_xpath)))

for i in range(100):

    input_box.send_keys(string + Keys.ENTER)

    time.sleep(1)

Keep your mobile phone with you.

Choose whatsapp web from the top bar in whatsapp(3 dots)

and Scan QR code from your mobile

and Enjoy

Feel free to modify the code. Try to :

Text Multiple Groups at once

Send the messages from a predefined list of messages randomly or

Send complete random text.

Comment below about your experience!

When it comes to browser automation, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Will write more articles on browser automation to give you a glimpse of its power!

Note: Please use this script only for educational purposes