Whatsapp Automated Bot not able to search in WhatsApp Contact List

Python sending messages to contacts:

def send_message(target):global message,wait, browsertry:    x_arg = '//span[contains(@title,' + target + ')]'    group_title = wait.until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, x_arg)))    group_title.click()    input_box = browser.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="main"]/footer/div[1]/div[2]/div/div[2]')    input_box.send_keys(message + Keys.ENTER)    time.sleep(1)except NoSuchElementException:    return

Here the variable target is the contact name whom you want to send a message. Variable message contains the text message you want to send to that contact. Variable browser is web driver variable.

I have already worked on WhatsApp Automation, in case of any help refer to the link: https://github.com/shauryauppal/PyWhatsapp

You have stated two problems:

1. You cannot access to contact names by contact list or archived contact list. The only way is recent chat contacts. For other contacts, you have to visit all contacts list select the target person then send messages. (Will implement soon).

2. Sending of Images, Files and Videos can be Implemented by PyAutoIt. Refer my repo, I have already implemented that.

Step1:AutoIt.exe Installation Link

Step2:

pip install PyAutoIt

Refer my code or this link for guidance.

Basic example Java code to search contact, send message and/or file. You can implement explicit wait if need.

driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);List<String> targets = new ArrayList<>();for (String target:targets) {    driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[.//span[@data-icon='search']]/..//input")).clear();    driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[.//span[@data-icon='search']]/..//input")).sendKeys(target);    try {        driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("span[title='"+target+"']")).click();    } catch (WebDriverException e) {        System.out.println("Not found");        continue;    }    driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("div[contenteditable='true']")).sendKeys("MassageToSend");    driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("span[data-icon='send']")).click();    //To send attachments    //click to add    driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("span[data-icon='clip']")).click();    //add file to send by file path    driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input[type='file']")).sendKeys("FilePath");    //click to send    driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("span[data-icon='send-light']")).click();}

In python (may contains syntax errors):

if msgToSend[count][0]==curHour and msgToSend[count][1]==curMin and msgToSend[count][2]==curSec:    # utility variables to tract count of success and fails    success = 0    sNo = 1    failList = []    # Iterate over selected contacts    for target in targets:        print(sNo, ". Target is: " + target)        sNo+=1        inputSearchBox = driver.find_element_by_id('//button[.//span[@data-icon="search"]]/..//input')        inputSearchBox.clear()        inputSearchBox.send_keys(target[1:len(target) - 1])        try:            wait5.until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.CSSSELECTOR, 'span[title="'+ target +'"]')))        except:            print("Cannot find Target: " + target)            failList.append(target)            continue        driver.find_element_by_css_selector('div[contenteditable="true"]').sendKeys("Hello, " + target + "."+ Keys.SHIFT + Keys.ENTER + msgToSend[count][3] + Keys.SPACE)        driver.find_element_by_css_selector('span[data-icon="send"]').click()        # To send attachments        # click to add        driver.find_element_by_css_selector('span[data-icon="clip"]').click()        # add file to send by file path        driver.find_element_by_css_selector('input[type="file"]').sendKeys("FilePath")        # click to send        driver.find_element_by_css_selector('span[data-icon="send-light"]').click()