New FileToWhatsapp

Python script to automatically send new files (in folder) to a contact (or group) on Whatsapp

Installation Requirement:

1. Install selenium (pip install selenium)

2. Download Chrome driver having same version as per the Chrome Browser of your system. (https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads) You also need to pass the path of 'chromedriver'. For simplicity you can put it in the same folder where script.py resides.

3. Chromium Web Browser (sudo apt-get install chromium-browser)

Step1(Inputs):

1. Contact(or Group name) to whom you want to send the file.
2. Absolute Path of the folder you need to track
3. Frequency of tracking the folder

Step2(Open Web Whatsapp):

Open Your Whatsapp on the Web whatsapp page in the Chromium Browser's instance (Instance will open automatically after the step1)

Step3(Let the Script Handle from here):

1. It will find the Contact(or Group name) {may take time if name is deep in the list}
2. Open that chat box
3. Attach the file
4. Send it.
5. Repeat :)

Development Environment:

Python 3.7.6

Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (64-bit)

UseCases:

1. To share live logs of under development application with the team members.

References:

1. https://medium.com/data-science-community-srm/whatsapp-automation-with-selenium-a4fbaff625a0
2. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/whatsapp-using-python/