pywaykit 1.2

Whatsapp Automation package

pywaykit

Wayland-compatible WhatsApp Web automation inspired by pywhatkit
pywaykit enables programmatic WhatsApp messaging via browser automation and system-level input simulation using Playwright and ydotool.
Designed for Linux systems — especially Wayland — where traditional GUI automation tools do not work.

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Features

• Send WhatsApp messages from Python
• Schedule messages for a specific time
• Silent message delivery using browser events
• Extract chat messages from loaded WhatsApp page
• Persistent login via Firefox profile

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Installation

Install with pip:

pip install pywaykit

Install Playwright's browser binaries:

playwright install firefox

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ydotool Setup (Required)

ydotool is used for input simulation under Wayland.
You must perform the following setup steps:

1. Add your user to the input group:

sudo usermod -aG input $USER

2. Create a udev rule (script provided in the repo):

bash initial.sh

initial.sh

#!/bin/bash

sudo touch /etc/udev/rules.d/99-uinput.rules
echo "Created udev rule at /etc/udev/rules.d/99-uinput.rules"

sudo bash -c 'echo KERNEL=="uinput", GROUP="input", MODE="0660" > /etc/udev/rules.d/99-uinput.rules'

echo "Reloading Udev rules."
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
sudo udevadm trigger

echo "Execution Completed."

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Usage

Send a WhatsApp Message

from pywaykit import send_msg

send_msg(
    phone_no="91xxxxxxxxxx",
    message="Hello from pywaykit",
    silent=False,
    scheduled="14:45:00",  # Optional (HH:MM:SS)
    instant=5,             # Optional delay after send
    log=True
)

Extract Messages from Chat

from pywaykit import read_wmsg

stored_text, sender_msgs, receiver_msgs = read_wmsg()

Load WhatsApp Chat (No Message Sent)

from pywaykit import get_message_data

get_message_data(phone_no="91xxxxxxxxxx", message=" ") # here the message arg does almost nothing so keep it as an empty string.

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Notes

• Works only on Linux with Firefox.
• First run requires QR login (saved for future runs).
• Feel free to contribute.

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