whatsapp-assistant-bot

Google Like assistant in whatsapp.

This is an utility to setup and run an Whatsapp Bot across web and mobile Whatsapp application. The bot listens to some predefined commands and responds to them according the query fired.

Tech

whatsapp-assistant-bot uses a number of open source projects to work properly:

• Python - Python is a programming language that lets you work quickly and integrate systems more effectively.
• Selenium - Selenium automates browsers. That's it!

Installation

whatsapp-assistant-bot requires Python v3+ to run.

Install the dependencies and devDependencies:

$ cd whatsapp-assistant-bot
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt 

Execution

1. Create a whatsapp group or member named BOT (all caps) This is a mandatory requirement
2. Message Hi to the group or member. This is a mandatory requirement
3. Download chromedriver from here according to your Chrome Version & Operating System.
4. Setup the absolute path of the driver in config.ini file using your favourite text editor. Something like this.

   [selenium]
   chromePath = /home/shivam/Desktop/chromedriver
   

5. Fire the below commands from the directory

   $ cd src
   $ python3 main.py

6. If you don't see any errors, you have successfully ran the script. Go and fire some commands!

Commands Available

Command	Description	Parameters	Execution Time	Examples
/quote	It fetches a random quote from the datasets/quote.xml file	-	1-2sec	/quote
/fact	It fetches a random fact from the datasets/fact.xml file.	-	1-2sec	/fact
/joke	It fetches a random joke from the datasets/joke.xml file.	-	1-2sec	/joke
/flirt	It fetches a random pick-up line from the datasets/flirt.xml file.	-	1-2 sec	/flirt
/weather	It fetches the weather of the specified city,state or country.	[country, state, city]	2-5 sec	/weather china, /weather newyork
/youtube	it fetches the youtube url for the specific term	[search_term]	10-15sec	/youtube how to make pasta
/news	it grabs news	[local, technology, world, entertainment, health, sports, business]	5-10 sec	/news local, /news business
/calc	it performs mathematical functions	[argument]	2-5 sec	/calc 2^5, /calc 2+5
/lyrics	It fetches the lyric of the song	[name of the song]	10-15 sec	/lyrics havana
/define	it fetches the defination of the term	[word]	2-5 sec	/define amazing
/time	it gives you the current date and day	-	1 sec	/time

Future Improvements

• Whatsapp Attachments Commands

Demo

License

MIT