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A simple WeChat client written in Python

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69 pointsjustdoit082316 comments

The meat-and-potatoes is the WeChatAPI class, found here:

https://github.com/justdoit0823/pywxclient/blob/master/pywxc...

Do the WeChat TOS explicitly allow third-party clients ?

I don’t think it does. Third party clients are not entirely banned, but will get random logouts from time to time, making it more painful to use.

A little background here: WeChat has the concept of “master device” and “slave device”. Master device must be a mobile client, and signing in from a slave device involves scanning a QR code from the master device. So logging in cannot be automated (barring mobile phone emulators). This, in combination with random logouts when the server thinks you are using a 3rd party API, makes such clients pretty painful to use.

I get random logouts using the official OSX WeChat client as well.

This is a limitation of wechat's login system, which doesn't allow multiple clients are online at the same time.

I only have my phone and my laptop.

Your WeChat macOS client on laptop is conflict with this wechat client. And you can only login in a single client.

China? TOS? I don't think a Python client is against the government, so...

Not the government, but the WeChat team.

How does it compare to itchat?

This client is more easy and convenient to integrate in your project. By supporting different interfaces, you can compose them to do anything you like.

This is cool, thanks.

Have fun.

Definitely didn't spend 5 minutes wondering why WeeChat[0] even needed a client.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeeChat

WeChat, not WeeChat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeChat

Yes, it's the most popular mobile app in china.

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