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Created August 31, 2018 14:30
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send whatsapp messages using python
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
def message(to,message=''):
"""this a simple function to send a whatsapp message to your friends
and group using python and selenium an automated tool to parse the HTML
content and to change the properties.
paramters:
to - enter a name from your contacts it can be friend's name or a group's title.
message - message to be deliever"""
d = webdriver.Chrome(r'F:/chrome driver/chromedriver.exe') # directory to chromedriver
d.get('https://web.whatsapp.com/') # URL to open whatsapp web
wait = WebDriverWait(driver = d, timeout = 900) # inscrease or decrease the timeout according to your net connection
message += '\nthis is a system generated message' # additional text to with your message to identify that it is send via software
name_argument = f'//span[contains(@title,\'{to}\')]' # HTML parse code to identify your reciever
title = wait.until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH,name_argument)))
title.click() # to open the receiver messages page in the browser
# many a times class name or other HTML properties changes so keep a track of current class name for input box by using inspect elements
input_path = '//div[@class="pluggable-input-body copyable-text selectable-text"][@dir="auto"][@data-tab="1"]'
box = wait.until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH,input_path)))
box.send_keys(message + Keys.ENTER) # send your message followed by an Enter
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