How to send bulk messages to multiple numbers on WhatsApp with pywhatkit (python)

 

There are various ways to send bulk messages on WhatsApp to your customers, but this is an automatic way to send messages to them at the right time without lifting a finger. Well, you’ve lifted the finger by adjusting the code,but it's free.

You can use WhatsApp broadcast, but as we all know, there is a limit.

There are paid apps on the Play Store, but if you're starting a business as a beginner, you don’t have money for them.

You can code with WhatsApp's API, but that still requires money.

And for me, selenium is complicated.

Hence, this method

This requires your phone numbers to be in an excel list. You can use any app to do that; the one I used is on the Play Store. It's called Contacts to Excel, PDF, and Text. It's completely free, and it converts your contact list to an excel file.

You will need to login to WhatsApp Web to use this code.

The IDE I used is Visual Studio Code, and the programming language used is Python.

Pywhatkit explanation:

enables thePywhatkit is a Python library that enables automation of WhatsApp messages. It’s simple to use and offers features such as sending messages or images to individuals or groups, playing YouTube videos, and even converting text to handwriting. It is one of the most popular libraries for WhatsApp and YouTube automation.

Code explanation:

Import pywhatkit # pip install pywhatkit

This is a line of code in python that helps import the pywhatkit library. You have to download pywhatkit first before you can use it. To download pywhatkit, type pip install pywhatkit in your terminal".

Import datetime

This is a line of code in python that helps you download datetime with pip install datetime. This accesses the current time in your current location.

Import keyboard as k #pip install keyboard

This is a line of code in python that helps you download keyboards with pip install keyboard. This is used to click the send button on whatsapp.

Import time

This is a line of code in python that helps you don’t need to install python; it comes with python.

Import pandas as pd

This is a line of code in python that helps you import pandas with pip install pandas. It is used to access excel to see where your phone numbers are located.

phones= []

This line of code in python is used to hold the phone numbers for people with multiple numbers on excel.

Numbers = []

In this line of code in python, the name "numbers" holds an empty list, and that empty list is going to hold our contacts.

# read the excel file

df = pd.read_excel('exceltest.xlsx')

This is a line of code in python that reads the excel file named exceltest. The file exceltest is stored in the same folder as my code, and i opened the folder with my ide. Just make sure they are in the same place.

 

for index, row in df.iterrows():

This is a line of code in python that sends messages in a loop.

area_code = "+234"

This is a line of code in python. Replace it with your area code.

contact_number = str([row['number'])

This is a line of code in python where "row ‘number’ " searches for a row with the letter number in your excel file, so make sure the column containing your contacts is labeled numbers or change numbers to the letter at the top of the column with your contact. ’Str() converts the contact number to a string and stores it in a variable labeledcontact_number.

print(contact_number)

This is a line of python code that displays the number on the terminal.

If contact_number. Startswith("0"):

This is a line of python code where the loop checks if the contact starts with 0.

contact_number = area_code + contact_number [1:]

In this is a line of code in python that, if the number starts with 0, is going to remove the 0 and add your area code to the number.

If ',' in contact_number:

In this is a line of code in python. I added this if loop because some of the numbers in my contact column had commas because some people have more than one number. But it checks if the contact has a comma in it.

phones = contact_number.split(',')

This line of code in python takes a variable contact_number and splits it into a list of values using the split() method. The split() method takes a delimiter as an argument, in this case, a comma (","). The resulting list of substrings is then assigned to the variable p.

for p in phones:

In this is a line of code in python where the for loop loops through the list of phones.

If p.startswith("0"):

In this is a line of code in python if any number in the list starts with 0.

p = area_code + p [1:]

In this line of code in python, the area code is added to the number and 0 is removed.

else:

Numbers.append(p)

In this is a line of code in python if the contact is not added to the list of numbers.

else:

contact_number = contact_number

In this is a line of code in python where the contact number is left alone if it doesn’t fall into any of the if conditions.

Numbers.append(contact_number)

In this line of code in python, the numbers are added to the list of numbers declared above.

print(numbers)

print("started")

In this is a line of code in python that prints the number and starts on the terminal.

 

This is a line of python code that loops through each number (contacts). It will open a new tab for every contact. Don't worry if you have time, just close them.

for i in range(len(numbers)):

This is a line of python code that loops through the number of items in the list.

pywhatkit.sendwhatmsg(numbers[i], happy new month', datetime.datetime.now().hour,datetime.datetime.now().minute+1,32)

In this is a line of code in python. This format is compulsory to use: pywhatkit.sendwhatmsg(). It is a function that helps send the message. It accepts the phone number to be sent, the message to be sent, and the time in hours and minutes. The function datetime was used to make it automatically use the current time, and +1 was added to make it send in 1 minute time. Because pywhatkit needs at least 1 minute to prepare to send your message, the time format of 32 seconds is the timing for delivering your message after opening whatsapp web.

k.press_and_release('enter')

This line of code in python helps you press enter to send the message.

 

Print("whole job done..")

 

 

code:

import pywhatkit # pip install pywhatkit

import datetime

import keyboard as k #pip install keyboard

import pandas as pd

 

numbers = []

# Read the Excel file

df = pd.read_excel('exceltest.xlsx')

 

Send messages in a loop.

for index, row in df.iterrows():

area_code = "+234"

contact_number = str(row['Number'])

    print(contact_number)

    if contact_number. startswith("0"):

contact_number = area_code + contact_number [1:]

if ',' in contact_number:

phones = contact_number.split(',')

for p in phones:

            if p.startswith("0"):

p = area_code + p[1:]

            else:

                numbers.append(p)

    else:

contact_number = contact_number

    numbers.append(contact_number)

print(numbers)

print("Started")

 for i in range(len(numbers)):

    pywhatkit.sendwhatmsg(numbers[i],'happy new month',

    datetime.datetime.now().hour,datetime.datetime.now().minute+1,32)

    k.press_and_release('enter')

print("Whole Job Done..")

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