whatsapp-cli

Command line interface of whatsapp web in the terminal (Unofficial). This works with selenium-webdriver to login to whatsapp web interface and search the reciever name.

Features

Send and receive messages to and from any contact/group in your WhatsApp from command line.
Switch between different chats from command line.

Requirements

Python 3 Tested with 3.4.3, 3.6.1. Python 2 will not work
selenium Tested with 2.53.6, 3.4.2
ChromeDriver Tested with 2.24, 2.29
Chrome Web Browser compatible with the ChromeDriver version you downloaded. (Eg. ChromeDriver 2.29 supports Chrome v56-58) You can get this info from the ChromeDriver download page.

Installation

Clone this repository. $ git clone https://github.com/sspeedy/whatsapp-cli.git
Install virtualenv $ sudo pip3 install virtualenv
Create the virtual environment $ virtualenv whatsapp
Activate the virtual environment $ source whatsapp/bin/activate
Install selenium. $ sudo pip3 install selenium
Download and extract ChromeDriver.zip
Put path to ChromeDriver executable in the line 'chromedriver_path': '/path/to/chromedriver' in chat.py file of this repository.

Related Repository

In order to not reinvent the wheel, some of the stuff and generic ideas are taken from here. WhatsApp Bot

Usage

Start Chatting

$ python chat.py <name>

Replace <name> with the name of a contact or a group in your WhatsApp. Even partial names will work.
Scan the QR code displayed on screen from the WhatsApp mobile app.
Press y in console after WhatsApp Web is done loading, to connect your phone.

Stop sending messages and only receive messages

stopsending

Type it while chat.py is running.
This will allow you to only see incoming messages. Your messages won't be sent. To send messages again, restart the script.

Configuration

In chat.py file:

config = {
    'chromedriver_path': '/path/to/chromedriver',
    'get_msg_interval': 5,  # Time (seconds). Recommended value: 5
    'colors': True,  # True/False. True prints colorful msgs in console
    ...
}