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Tarek edited this page Apr 22, 2019 · 22 revisions

yowsup

yowsup is a python library that enables building applications that can communicate with WhatsApp users. The project started as the protocol engine behind Wazapp for Meego and OpenWA for BB10. Now as a standalone library it can be used to power any custom WhatsApp client.

Here is what you need to read to get started with yowsup (or jump to installation) :

Installation

  • Requires Python 2.6-3.7
  • Required Python packages: python-dateutil, python-axolotl>=0.1.39, six==1.10, consonance
  • Required Python packages for yowsup-cli: argparse

Install using pip:

pip install yowsup

or using setup.py:

python setup.py install