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Ankit Raj Mahapatra edited this page Oct 6, 2022 · 13 revisions

Introduction

PyWhatKit is a Python Library for scheduling and sending WhatsApp messages with various other functions like playing a video on YouTube, Converting an image to ASCII art, Converting a string to an image with Hand Written Characters etc.

Installing

pip3 install pywhatkit

Building from Source

You can build PyWhatKit from source to get the latest unreleased features.

  1. Clone the GitHub repository to your local machine in any of the two ways
    • Run git clone https://github.com/Ankit404butfound/PyWhatKit
    • Download the zip file from the homepage

Now change directory to PyWhatKit using cd PyWhatKit.

  1. Create a Virtual Environment with virtualenv using python3 -m venv venv. (OPTIONAL)
  2. Install the dependencies using pip3 install -r requirements.txt.
  3. To build the package run pip3 install -e . and you are done.

NOTE: First method in step 1 requires git to be installed on your system.

Reporting Issues/ Feature Request

Report an Issue here.
Submit a feature request here.

Version Information

Latest Version: 5.2
Last Release: November 14, 2021
Supported Python Versions: >= 3.8