pywhatkit.sendwhatmsg_to_group discards all non-Latin letters

[Jariihanainen]

Description

Everything is working fine when sending with pywhatkit.sendwhatmsg to one person, but when sending to group all
non-latin characters disappears (like ä,ö etc...)

Version Information

• OS: ALMA LINUX 9
• Browser: Firefox
• Python: 3.9.18
• PyWhatKit: 5.3

[kidstell]

#346

kindly confirm if the solution here fixes your requirement.

[Jariihanainen]

Hi Thanks for your help I'm still unable to send messages to group Now I get error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/root/send-messages_final.py", line 25, in <module> pywhatkit.sendwhatmsg_to_group('XXXXXXXXXXXX',(my_string1+'\n'+my_string2+'\n'+my_string3), 10, 52) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pywhatkit/whats.py", line 111, in sendwhatmsg_to_group core.send_message(message=message, receiver=group_id, wait_time=wait_time) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pywhatkit/core/core.py", line 71, in send_message keyboard.write(char) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/keyboard/__init__.py", line 854, in write scan_code, modifiers = next(iter(entries)) StopIteration And for some reason same code working when sending to one phone number Kind Regards Jari Lähettäjä: Agbayewa Adetunji ***@***.***> Lähetetty: tiistai 26. marraskuuta 2024 2.47 Vastaanottaja: Ankit404butfound/PyWhatKit ***@***.***> Kopio: Jari Ihanainen ***@***.***>; Author ***@***.***> Aihe: Re: [Ankit404butfound/PyWhatKit] pywhatkit.sendwhatmsg_to_group discards all non-Latin letters (Issue #348) #346<#346> kindly confirm if the solution here fixes your requirement. - Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#348 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/A5BL37A7YQEZINKUXCRPH4L2CPAGZAVCNFSM6AAAAABSN2WQSOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDIOJZGMZDMNBRGA>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.******@***.***>>

[Jariihanainen]

I still suffer with this
When I'm using
pywhatkit.sendwhatmsg('+358 XXX XXX XXX',(my_string1+'\n'+my_string2+'\n'+my_string3), 7, 25)
Everything is just fine

BUT

Using
pywhatkit.sendwhatmsg_to_group('XXXXXXXXXXXXXX',(my_string1+'\n'+my_string2+'\n'+my_string3), 7, 40)
I lost all non-latin charactrs like ä,ö etc...

Please help, I really do not uderstand where is the different between sendwhatmsg and sendwhatmsg_to_group

[danielvartan]

Lucas Bragança suggested an effective workaround for this issue: instead of using pyautogui to type special characters directly, it's better to copy the text to the clipboard with pyperclip and then paste it using pyautogui. This ensures that all characters are preserved.

As of now, the problem appears to be fixed in the developer version (I haven’t tested it), but for those sticking with the stable release, here’s a manual fix:

---

Steps:

1. Open the following file: ./.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pywhatkit/core/core.py

(If you’re not using a virtual environment, locate this file in your global Python site-packages directory.)

2. Add the code below on line 7.

import pyperclip

3. Replace the entire send_message function with the following code:

def send_message(message: str, receiver: str, wait_time: int) -> None:
    """Parses and Sends the Message"""

    _web(receiver=receiver, message=message)
    time.sleep(7)
    click(WIDTH / 2, HEIGHT / 2)
    time.sleep(wait_time - 7)
    pyperclip.copy(message)
    if not check_number(number=receiver):
        if system() == "Darwin":
            hotkey("command", "v")
        else:
            hotkey("ctrl", "v")
    press("enter")

4. Restart your Python session and try sending group messages again.

[danielvartan]

The same fix also applies to the sendwhats_image caption issue.

---

Steps:

1. Open the following file: ./.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pywhatkit/core/core.py

(If you’re not using a virtual environment, locate this file in your global Python site-packages directory.)

2. Add the code below on line 7.

import pyperclip

3. Replace the entire send_image function with the following code:

def send_image(path: str, caption: str, receiver: str, wait_time: int) -> None:
    """Sends the Image to a Contact or a Group based on the Receiver"""

    _web(message=caption, receiver=receiver)

    time.sleep(7)
    click(WIDTH / 2, HEIGHT / 2)
    time.sleep(wait_time - 7)
    pyperclip.copy(caption)
    if not check_number(number=receiver):
        if system() == "Darwin":
            hotkey("command", "v")
        else:
            hotkey("ctrl", "v")
    else:
        typewrite(" ")
    copy_image(path=path)
    if system().lower() == "darwin":
        hotkey("command", "v")
    else:
        hotkey("ctrl", "v")
    time.sleep(1)
    press("enter")

4. Restart your Python session and try sending group messages again.

[danielvartan]

While you're at it, remove the indicated line from ./.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pywhatkit/whats.py. It duplicates the delay time—probably something that went unnoticed.

def sendwhatmsg_to_group_instantly(
    group_id: str,
    message: str,
    wait_time: int = 15,
    tab_close: bool = False,
    close_time: int = 3,
) -> None:
    """Send WhatsApp Message to a Group Instantly"""
    
    current_time = time.localtime()

    time.sleep(wait_time)  # <---------------- !DELETE THIS LINE!
    core.send_message(message=message, receiver=group_id, wait_time=wait_time)
    log.log_message(_time=current_time, receiver=group_id, message=message)
    if tab_close:
        core.close_tab(wait_time=close_time)