How to Send WhatsApp Messages Using Python: Step-by-Step Tutorial
WhatsApp is a popular messaging platform used by millions of people worldwide. Python, being a powerful programming language, can be used to send messages on WhatsApp automatically. In this tutorial, we will learn how to send a message on WhatsApp using Python step by step.
Before we begin, we need to install the necessary libraries for our Python program. We will be using the selenium library and a web driver for Google Chrome called chromedriver. You can install them by running the following commands:
from selenium import webdriver
Step 2: Creating a web driver instance
Next, we need to create an instance of the web driver. We will be using the Chrome browser, so we need to specify the path of the chromedriver executable that we installed earlier
driver = webdriver.Chrome('/usr/bin/chromedriver')
Step 3: Opening WhatsApp Web
After creating the web driver instance, we can use it to open the WhatsApp Web page. We will be using the get() method to open the
input("Press Enter after scanning QR code")
This will pause the program execution until we manually press the Enter key.
Step 5: Finding the contact or group
After logging in to our WhatsApp account, we need to find the contact or group to which we want to send the message. We can use the find_element_by_xpath() method to locate the search box and then enter the name of the contact or group.
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!pip install selenium
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!apt-get update !apt install chromium-chromedriver
Once the libraries are installed, we can proceed with the following steps:
Step 1: Importing necessary libraries
The first step is to import the required libraries. In our case, we need to import the selenium library and the webdriver module from
!pip install selenium
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!apt-get update !apt install chromium-chromedriver
Once the libraries are installed, we can proceed with the following steps:
Step 1: Importing necessary libraries
The first step is to import the required libraries. In our case, we need to import the selenium library and the webdriver module from
selenium.python
from selenium import webdriver
Step 2: Creating a web driver instance
Next, we need to create an instance of the web driver. We will be using the Chrome browser, so we need to specify the path of the chromedriver executable that we installed earlier
.python
driver = webdriver.Chrome('/usr/bin/chromedriver')
Step 3: Opening WhatsApp Web
After creating the web driver instance, we can use it to open the WhatsApp Web page. We will be using the get() method to open the
page.python
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driver.get('https://web.whatsapp.com/')
This will open the WhatsApp Web page in the Chrome browser.
Step 4: Scanning the QR code
Once the WhatsApp Web page is loaded, we need to scan the QR code using our mobile device to log in to our account. We need to wait until the QR code is scanned and the login process is complete.
driver.get('https://web.whatsapp.com/')
This will open the WhatsApp Web page in the Chrome browser.
Step 4: Scanning the QR code
Once the WhatsApp Web page is loaded, we need to scan the QR code using our mobile device to log in to our account. We need to wait until the QR code is scanned and the login process is complete.
python
input("Press Enter after scanning QR code")
This will pause the program execution until we manually press the Enter key.
Step 5: Finding the contact or group
After logging in to our WhatsApp account, we need to find the contact or group to which we want to send the message. We can use the find_element_by_xpath() method to locate the search box and then enter the name of the contact or group.
python
search_box = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@class="_2S1VP copyable-text selectable-text"][@contenteditable="true"][@data-tab="3"]') search_box.send_keys("Contact/Group Name")
Step 6: Selecting the contact or group
Once we have entered the name of the contact or group, we need to select it from the search results. We can use the find_element_by_xpath() method to locate the contact or group and then click on it.
search_box = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@class="_2S1VP copyable-text selectable-text"][@contenteditable="true"][@data-tab="3"]') search_box.send_keys("Contact/Group Name")
Step 6: Selecting the contact or group
Once we have entered the name of the contact or group, we need to select it from the search results. We can use the find_element_by_xpath() method to locate the contact or group and then click on it.
python
contact = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//span[@title="Contact/Group Name"]') contact.click()
Step 7: Typing and sending the message
After selecting the contact or group, we can type the message we want to send using the find_element_by_xpath() method to locate the message box and the send_keys() method to enter the text.
contact = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//span[@title="Contact/Group Name"]') contact.click()
Step 7: Typing and sending the message
After selecting the contact or group, we can type the message we want to send using the find_element_by_xpath() method to locate the message box and the send_keys() method to enter the text.
python
message_box = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@class="_2_1wd copyable-text selectable-text"][@contenteditable="true"][@data-tab="1"]') message_box.send_keys("Hello, this is a message sent using Python!")
Finally, we can use the find_element_by_xpath() method to locate the send button and the click() method to send the message.
message_box = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@class="_2_1wd copyable-text selectable-text"][@contenteditable="true"][@data-tab="1"]') message_box.send_keys("Hello, this is a message sent using Python!")
Finally, we can use the find_element_by_xpath() method to locate the send button and the click() method to send the message.
python
send_button = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//span[@data-icon="send"]')
send_button = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//span[@data-icon="send"]')
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