WebWhatsAPI
#!/usr/bin/python2.7
from webwhatsapi import WhatsAPIDriver
driver = WhatsAPIDriver(username="Test", browser="firefox", proxy=None)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./whatsapp.py", line 3, in
driver = WhatsAPIDriver(username="L0RE", browser="firefox", proxy=None)
TypeError: init() got an unexpected keyword argument 'browser'

I think missing some Elementary here
Mayby you could help,

It can send only to store chats, how can i send a message if i do not have the chat open, in js file there are this line

var Chats = Store.Chat.models;

It take only chats that are open

installed via pip2, downloaded geckodriver and added to /usr/bin/
when i try to run the sample, it opens a firefox window but it doesn't open web.whatsapp.com.
no errors in the console

Hello,

First of all, please change the qr selector to the following in order for the app to work:
qrCode': "#app img:first-of-type"

On the other hand, I was wondering if there's a way not to scan the QR code on ever run, just scan it the first time and that's it. Because in my case, every-time I run my script, the firefox pops up asking again to scan the QR code even when I already did.

I'm using the code in sample.py

Thanks a lot!

Hello, I'm sorry my English.

How make for use "user".png qr code and skip reading QR every time after restart, I have the picture with QR code saved in directory, but always that restarted sample.py, need reader again QR

I am trying to send message by send_to_phone_number(). But if chat isn't active I am unable to send. The user is in my contact list?

Also when I try to send YouTube link, it is not showing thumbnail but web.whatsapp.com has this feature, should I add delay before send?

Hello

It seems this API only works to send message if the conversation with the contact already exists.

Is there a way to create a conversation with a contact ? (in my contact list or not)

Thank you!

Possible to sent msg to user not in contact list?

Hello,

I am new to Python coding. Please can you help me on how can I run it and run a sample on sending and receiving message.

Thanks in advance.

How can i send image to someone? can someone please help with this

I am getting below error;

waiting for QR Traceback (most recent call last): File "sample.py", line 5, in <module> driver.firstrun() File "/home/xxxx/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/webwhatsapi/__init__.py", line 67, in firstrun qr = self.driver.find_element_by_css_selector(self._SELECTORS['qrCode']) File "/home/xxxx/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 509, in find_element_by_css_selector return self.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value=css_selector) File "/home/xxxx/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 855, in find_element 'value': value})['value'] File "/home/xxxx/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 308, in execute self.error_handler.check_response(response) File "/home/xxxx/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 194, in check_response raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace) selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: Unable to locate element: .qrcode > img:nth-child(4)

Gecokdriver.log
1511772898197 geckodriver INFO geckodriver 0.18.0 1511772898209 geckodriver INFO Listening on 127.0.0.1:33645 1511772899359 geckodriver::marionette INFO Starting browser /usr/bin/firefox with args ["-marionette"] 1511772901880 Marionette INFO Enabled via --marionette 1511772905154 Marionette INFO Listening on port 36689 1511772905344 Marionette WARN TLS certificate errors will be ignored for this session 1511772905448 Marionette DEBUG Register listener.js for window 2147483649 1511772905481 Marionette DEBUG Received DOM event "beforeunload" for "about:blank" 1511772906580 Marionette DEBUG Received DOM event "pagehide" for "about:blank" 1511772906581 Marionette DEBUG Received DOM event "unload" for "about:blank" 1511772907216 Marionette DEBUG Received DOM event "DOMContentLoaded" for "https://web.whatsapp.com/" 1511772914152 Marionette DEBUG Received DOM event "pageshow" for "https://web.whatsapp.com/" *** UTM:SVC TimerManager:registerTimer called after profile-before-change notification. Ignoring timer registration for id: telemetry_modules_ping

Any clue?

How to use? I am using amazon aws, how do I get the qr code?

Hello in some cases I get this error:

C:\Users\pier\Desktop\WhatsAPI-masterBuh>python sample.py
waiting for QR
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "sample.py", line 5, in
driver.firstrun()
File "C:\Users\pier\Desktop\WhatsAPI-masterBuh\webwhatsapi_init_.py", line 68, in firstrun
qr = self.driver.find_element_by_css_selector(self._SELECTORS['qrCode'])
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 498, in find_element_by_css_selector
return self.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value=css_selector)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 832, in find_element
'value': value})['value']
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 297, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 194, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: Unable to locate element: .qrcode > img:nth-child(4)

How to fix it?

Hi there,

I have just downloaded your API and tried to get them running on my Ubuntu server. Unfortunately without success. I'm new in Python and don't know, how i can fix this. Can you please help me?
Message in the console:
root@vps1446237:/home/WhatsAPI/sample# python sample.py waiting for QR Traceback (most recent call last): File "sample.py", line 4, in <module> driver = WhatsAPIDriver() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/webwhatsapi/__init__.py", line 58, in __init__ self.driver = webdriver.Firefox() # trying to add proxy support: webdriver.FirefoxProfile().set_proxy()) #self._PROXY)) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py", line 154, in __init__ keep_alive=True) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 151, in __init__ self.start_session(desired_capabilities, browser_profile) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 240, in start_session response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 308, in execute self.error_handler.check_response(response) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 194, in check_response raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace) selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Process unexpectedly closed with status: 1

geckodriver.log
1507640594754 geckodriver INFO geckodriver 0.19.0 1507640594781 geckodriver INFO Listening on 127.0.0.1:57576 1507640595929 mozrunner::runner INFO Running command: "/usr/bin/firefox" "-marionette" "-profile" "/tmp/rust_mozprofile.4Cra2gFpQhPB" Error: GDK_BACKEND does not match available displays

Thank you :)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/webwhatsapi-1.0.3-py2.7.egg/webwhatsapi/init.py", line 62, in init
self.driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path="/home/xxx/gecko/geckodriver") # trying to add proxy support: webdriver.FirefoxProfile().set_proxy()) #self._PROXY))
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium-3.7.0-py2.7.egg/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py", line 154, in init
keep_alive=True)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium-3.7.0-py2.7.egg/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 151, in init
self.start_session(desired_capabilities, browser_profile)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium-3.7.0-py2.7.egg/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 240, in start_session
response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium-3.7.0-py2.7.egg/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 308, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium-3.7.0-py2.7.egg/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 194, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Process unexpectedly closed with status: 1

Hi Mukulhase,

How send to broadcast message multiple number, This feature implemented this api. Please help me...

It is possible if driver using in command line.

I know... Why windows :p.

I tried my app on Mac OS and it works good, but when I try to running on Windows server the function "view_unread()" backs empty :(

Help please :) and thanks

Hey , How can I send an Image, I was trying to found the correct function but it is really hard to find.

I am facing this issue after installing all the mention prerequisites.

C:\Users\AMIT>python E:\Python\WhatsAPI-master\sample.py
bot started!
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "E:\Python\WhatsAPI-master\sample.py", line 13, in
contacts = driver.view_unread();
File "E:\Python\WhatsAPI-master\webwhatsapp.py", line 152, in view_unread
Store = self.driver.execute_script(script)
File "C:\Users\AMIT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-package
s\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 465, in execute_script
'args': converted_args})['value']
File "C:\Users\AMIT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-package
s\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 234, in execute
response = self.command_executor.execute(driver_command, params)
File "C:\Users\AMIT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-package
s\selenium\webdriver\remote\remote_connection.py", line 401, in execute
return self._request(command_info[0], url, body=data)
File "C:\Users\AMIT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-package
s\selenium\webdriver\remote\remote_connection.py", line 432, in _request
self._conn.request(method, parsed_url.path, body, headers)
File "C:\Users\AMIT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\http\client.
py", line 1239, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
File "C:\Users\AMIT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\http\client.
py", line 1285, in _send_request
self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File "C:\Users\AMIT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\http\client.
py", line 1234, in endheaders
self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File "C:\Users\AMIT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\http\client.
py", line 1026, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File "C:\Users\AMIT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\http\client.
py", line 964, in send
self.connect()
File "C:\Users\AMIT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\http\client.
py", line 936, in connect
(self.host,self.port), self.timeout, self.source_address)
File "C:\Users\AMIT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\socket.py",
line 722, in create_connection
raise err
File "C:\Users\AMIT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\socket.py",
line 713, in create_connection
sock.connect(sa)
ConnectionRefusedError: [WinError 10061] No connection could be made because the
target machine actively refused it

driver = WhatsAPIDriver("mkhase")

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "webwhatsapi/init.py", line 58, in init
self.driver = webdriver.Firefox() # trying to add proxy support: webdriver.FirefoxProfile().set_proxy()) #self._PROXY))
File "/home/blackunicorn47/venvs/WhatsAPI/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py", line 144, in init
self.service.start()
File "/home/blackunicorn47/venvs/WhatsAPI/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 74, in start
stdout=self.log_file, stderr=self.log_file)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 710, in init
errread, errwrite)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1327, in _execute_child
raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 20] Not a directory

How to use the QR Code saved, to skip authentication every time I reboot?

Hello ! Thank you for efforts , but i want to put some notes on this api

before anything the wiki must be updated and more detailed description must be added

Then this api is not an independent api , it depends on

-bs4
-setuptools
-selenium
-gecko web driver

So for beginners this will make headache to know that , so this might be deduced in the api

Then the api when look to find the "click to reload" it look for a full capital letter sentence when the sentence is just small and capital : "Click to reload QR code"

Then as i think their is some limitation about accessing global variable from the selenium proxy, we cannot access the Store variable and each time we ran the code this is the log and the error occured:

bot started
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Sample.py", line 8, in <module>
    contacts = driver.view_unread();
  File "/home/xxxxxxxx/python/whatsapp/WhatsAPI-master/webwhatsapp.py", line 156, in view_unread
    Store =  self.driver.execute_script(script)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium-3.0.0b3-py2.7.egg/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 465, in execute_script
    'args': converted_args})['value']
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium-3.0.0b3-py2.7.egg/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 236, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium-3.0.0b3-py2.7.egg/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 192, in check_response
    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: TypeError: Store is undefined

I think something is changed in the web whatsapp integration and code since you wrote the code , also i think that this may be also a dependency issue

In conclusion hope you may review your wiki and code to provide a more stable api that can be used without problems, as of course some beginners will try to play with so it must be simpler and easier

Hope i was not hurting you by my notes , but really because i liked your work and i hope that it will be better i am written this issue

Hope we will hear it from you soon, and any help we are just ready .

Best regards !

Hey,
if I start my "script" then it stops at:
driver = WhatsAPIDriver()

The error message is:

C:\Python34\python.exe C:/Users/domen/PycharmProjects/HJBwwkjw/kjbjw.py
waiting for QR
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 74, in start
    stdout=self.log_file, stderr=self.log_file)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\subprocess.py", line 859, in __init__
    restore_signals, start_new_session)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\subprocess.py", line 1114, in _execute_child
    startupinfo)
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/domen/PycharmProjects/HJBwwkjw/kjbjw.py", line 4, in <module>
    driver = WhatsAPIDriver()
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\webwhatsapi\__init__.py", line 58, in __init__
    self.driver = webdriver.Firefox()  # trying to add proxy support: webdriver.FirefoxProfile().set_proxy()) #self._PROXY))
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\webdriver.py", line 144, in __init__
    self.service.start()
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 81, in start
    os.path.basename(self.path), self.start_error_message)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'geckodriver' executable needs to be in PATH. 


Process finished with exit code 1

I hope you can help me :)

`from webwhatsapi import WhatsAPIDriver

driver = WhatsAPIDriver("mkhase")
driver.firstrun()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/webwhatsapi/init.py", line 70, in firstrun
EC.invisibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, self._SELECTORS['qrCode'])))
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/support/wait.py", line 80, in until
raise TimeoutException(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: Message:

`
is there a way to scan QRcode remotely?

If I run ./sample.py<
I'm getting the following error:
Error: no such file "waiting for QR"
./sample.py: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token ('
./sample.py: line 4: driver = WhatsAPIDriver()'`

Sometimes it do!
Sometimes just doesn't !
Somebody know why?, Thanks

Hello, i have a new function written by me in JS.
It return a json message and the python code give me an exception:

C:\Users\pier\Desktop\WhatsAPI-masterBuh>python sample.py waiting for QR bot started {\"receivedMsgs\":[{\"sender\":\"THENUMBEROFSENDER\",\"isMedia\":false,\"timestamp\":1507102943,\"message\":\"Ciao\"}]} Traceback (most recent call last): File "sample.py", line 19, in <module> data = json.loads(msgsReceived) File "C:\Python27\lib\json\__init__.py", line 339, in loads return _default_decoder.decode(s) File "C:\Python27\lib\json\decoder.py", line 364, in decode obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end()) File "C:\Python27\lib\json\decoder.py", line 380, in raw_decode obj, end = self.scan_once(s, idx) ValueError: Expecting property name: line 1 column 2 (char 1)

Now, i'll post all the code to reproduce this error

Hello,

I have successfully initiated the driver and done the firstrun() method
however, when I tried to use the view_unread() method it is returning an empty list
I have not been able to send message using send_to_phone_number, it is returning a False

What could be the problem? thanks!

edit:
After checking your code for a while
I found that firefox is logging "no", which mean the code doesnt detect any new message?

Hi,
Ive got a problem whilst updating to the newest version: When I create the callback it keeps crashing within seconds. One or two time messages are processed and then it keeps crashing with the following Message:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "run.py", line 115, in <module> driver.create_callback(callback) File "/home/xxx/Schreibtisch/WebWhatsAPI/webwhatsapi/__init__.py", line 284, in create_callback messages = self.get_unread() File "/home/xxx/Schreibtisch/WebWhatsAPI/webwhatsapi/__init__.py", line 222, in get_unread raw_message_groups = self.wapi_functions.getUnreadMessages(include_me, include_notifications) File "/home/xxx/Schreibtisch/WebWhatsAPI/webwhatsapi/wapi_js_wrapper.py", line 99, in __call__ raise JsException("Error in function {0} ({1}). Command: {2}".format(self.function_name, e.msg, command)) webwhatsapi.wapi_js_wrapper.JsException: Error in function getUnreadMessages (ReferenceError: none is not defined). Command: return WAPI.getUnreadMessages(false,false, arguments[0])
Any idea where the Problem is?

Hi,

I am running sample.py on Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09.1 and install the package with "pip install -r requirements.txt". Then I download and set the geckodriver path and got following error when running. Any idea how to fix this?

waiting for QR
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "sample.py", line 4, in
driver = WhatsAPIDriver()
File "/home/WebWhatsAPI/webwhatsapi/init.py", line 66, in init
self.driver = webdriver.Firefox() # trying to add proxy support: webdriver.FirefoxProfile().set_proxy()) #self._PROXY))
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py", line 158, in init
keep_alive=True)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 154, in init
self.start_session(desired_capabilities, browser_profile)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 243, in start_session
response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 311, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 237, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.SessionNotCreatedException: Message: Unable to find a matching set of capabilities

Is it possible to get the picture?

I would like to work for GUI development of this API with Kivy framework and also to make python package concerning the API.

What about below suggestion
pip install whatsapi

Hi guys,
how can i send local images?
thanks

I see that after the recent update many things have been improved, now is it possible to read images and media messages in an easier way? currently I can only work with text, but I need to get the images as well.

any1 can help with it?

WebWhatsAPI/webwhatsapi/objects/message.py

class MediaMessage(Message):

def save_media(self, path):
    extension = mimetypes.guess_extension(self.mime)
    filename = "{0}{1}".format(self["__x_filehash"], extension)

    with file(os.path.join(path, filename), "wb") as output:
        output.write(self.content.decode("base64"))

def __repr__(self):
    return "<MediaMessage - {type} from {sender} at {timestamp}>".format(
        type=self.type,
        sender=safe_str(self.sender.get_safe_name()),
        timestamp=self.timestamp
    )

Hi,

I have no experience with Python. Would it be possible to share a sample file that can be directly run to register & send messages.

Thank you

Hi, I'm running the api normally, it's all compliant, however I need to get the images that are sent to me, when it arrives some image as a message it comes in 'base64' when decoding it returns me the thumbnail of the image, there is some way , inside or outside of the class, do I get even those who 'base64' the uploaded image other than the thumbnail of it?

Hie guys , please help with auto reply bot , a tried a sample i got but it doesnt seem to work at all , it does nothing.

Without fail my script throws a WebDriverException: Message: TypeError: messages[i].__x_body is undefined exception after it's been sitting there waiting for my callback function to be called. This usually happens within 5~10 minutes. It is not the case that my parse function is faulty. I can typically parse several messages before this exception is eventually thrown.

Can you shed some light on this?

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "sample.py", line 27, in <module>
    main()
  File "sample.py", line 24, in main
    driver.create_callback(parse)
  File "/webwhatsapp.py", line 210, in create_callback
    messages = self.view_unread()
  File "/webwhatsapp.py", line 150, in view_unread
    Store = self.driver.execute_script(script)
  File "/whatsapp3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 491, in execute_script
    'args': converted_args})['value']
  File "/whatsapp3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 256, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
  File "/whatsapp3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 194, in check_response
    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: TypeError: messages[i].__x_body is undefined

var user = Store.Contact.models.find(function (e) { return e.__x_id.search(contact)!=-1 });
change to:
var user = Store.Contact.models.find(function (e) { return e.__x_id ? e.__x_id.search(contact) != -1 : false });

Log:

waiting for QR
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py:450: UserWarning: name used for saved screenshot does not match file type. It should end with a .png extension
"type. It should end with a .png extension", UserWarning)

What is the best way of getting around this? Thank you.

Hello, I really liked this API , but I want to ask if you could create an example of a simple echo bot to see how it works , in the api because it looks great , I expect an answer , wonderful job

First, thanks for the API, I think it's very usefull (y)

I starting to development something in my job, I all ready use your API :) 👍. For now it works for us, but I'm worry about scalable feature, I can see that you are working on it. I would really appreciate that you have big plans for this.

I what to be with you when I grow up 🥇
Thanks again 👍

Hello! i want to run sample.py and it throws me this error

Any help?

Hi guys, exist some way to get the cell numbers of my contact list? Something like the getgroups function but to my contact list.

Whatsapp cloud(A service): User can access and send messages from anywhere without scanning qr anymore, just simple user login and password

how does it work? how to implement login and password?

After calling driver = WhatsAPIDriver("mkhase") I got:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/home/ramon/miniconda3/envs/whats/lib/python2.7/site-packages/webwhatsapi/init.py", line 58, in init
self.driver = webdriver.Firefox() # trying to add proxy support: webdriver.FirefoxProfile().set_proxy()) #self._PROXY))
File "/home/ramon/miniconda3/envs/whats/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py", line 158, in init
keep_alive=True)
File "/home/ramon/miniconda3/envs/whats/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 154, in init
self.start_session(desired_capabilities, browser_profile)
File "/home/ramon/miniconda3/envs/whats/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 243, in start_session
response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)
File "/home/ramon/miniconda3/envs/whats/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 311, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "/home/ramon/miniconda3/envs/whats/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 237, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: connection refused

OS: Ubuntu Server 16.04.3
Python: 2.7

Hello I'm trying to run this example with python35 and python27
but the problem is the api freezes at while sometimes, and take long to display messages...

What I tried:

Running in Windows...

• python2.7
• python3.5

import time
from webwhatsapi import WhatsAPIDriver
print "waiting for QR"
driver = WhatsAPIDriver(username="mkhase")
#driver.firstrun()
driver.view_unread()
print "bot started"
while True:
    time.sleep(1)
    print('checking for more messages')
    for contact in driver.view_unread():
        for message in contact[u'messages']:
            msg = message['message'].encode('ascii', 'ignore').decode('ascii')
            print(msg)

log in screen

checking for more messages
checking for more messages
checking for more messages
checking for more messages
checking for more messages
checking for more messages
checking for more messages
checking for more messages
checking for more messages
checking for more messages
checking for more messages
checking for more messages
checking for more messages
checking for more messages
checking for more messages
checking for more messages
checking for more messages
checking for more messages
checking for more messages
checking

frozes here, and have alot of msg to display...

Mukulhase pls send me a emailadress from you. I really need to speak with you.