WhatsApp Auto Message Sender

Description

This project contains a whatsapp bot and a whatsapp message automation application which is controlled by a admin panel. Whatsapp Message Automation application automates sending WhatsApp messages to phone numbers extracted from a Google Sheet using a service account for Google Sheets API and wweb.js for WhatsApp messaging. Whatsapp bot is a bot that responds to messages using the Google Generative AI. The bot can reply to specific keywords and use generative AI to handle other queries.

Libraries Used

• googleapis: Google API client library for Node.js to interact with Google Sheets API.
• wwebjs: WhatsApp Web JavaScript library for sending messages via WhatsApp.
• fs.promises: Provides a promise-based API for file operations.
• path: Provides utilities for working with file and directory paths.
• @google/generative-ai: Google’s generative AI library for handling natural language processing tasks.
• dotenv: A module to load environment variables from a .env file.

Setup : Whatsapp Message Automation

1. Google Sheets API Setup

1. Create a Google Cloud Project:

   • Go to the Google Cloud Console.
   • Create a new project.

2. Enable the Google Sheets API:

   • Navigate to APIs & Services > Library.
   • Search for "Google Sheets API" and enable it.

3. Create Service Account Credentials:

   • Go to IAM & Admin > Service Accounts.
   • Create a new service account.
   • Download the JSON key file.

4. Share the Google Sheet:

   • Open the Google Sheet you want to use.
   • Share it with the service account email (found in your JSON key file) with "Viewer" or "Editor" access.

2. WhatsApp Setup

1. Install WhatsApp Web JavaScript Library:

   • Install the wwebjs library using npm.

2. Prepare Credentials:

   • Place your Google Sheets API credentials JSON file in the root directory of your project and name it credentials.json

Prerequisites: Whatsapp bot

1. Node.js: Make sure you have Node.js installed. You can download it from nodejs.org.

2. Google Generative AI API Key: Obtain an API key from Google and set it up in a .env file.

   API_KEY=your_google_api_key_here
   
   

3. WhatsApp Web Account: You’ll need a WhatsApp account and a QR code to authenticate with WhatsApp Web.

Installation

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/AksaRose/whatsappMsgAuto.git