Wa-automate-nodejs: client.sendFile // Not Working Anymore

[LucasDibz]

Describe the bug
A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
client.sendFile stopped working with update, was working with version "sulla-hotfix": "1.6.05".
No error is thrown.
Steps to Reproduce

create() code

fs.readFile(`${folder}${file}`, (err, data) => {
                    try {
                        client.sendFile(
                            '[email protected]',
                            `data:application/pdf;base64,${data.toString('base64')}`,
                            filename,
                            `Caption`
                        );
                    } catch (error) {
                        console.log(error);
                    };
                });

DEBUG INFO
This is the info printed to the console when you start your app. It should look like this

Debug Info {
  WA_VERSION: '0.4.612',
  PAGE_UA:
   'WhatsApp/0.4.607 Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_2) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/79.0.3945.88 Safari/537.36',
  SULLA_HOTFIX_VERSION: '1.7.5',
  BROWSER_VERSION: 'HeadlessChrome/79.0.3945.0' }

Host (please complete the following information):

• OS: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

[smashah]

Hi @LucasDibz

Thanks for following the template. You have not shared your create() code. Can you do that, please?

Here's an example:
https://github.com/smashah/sulla/issues/96#issue-560091558

I have tried with PDFs on the latest version and it is working fine. sendFile code has not changed for a very long time.

[smashah]

Just FYI, i would suggest against using headless chrome

[LucasDibz]

Using all default create();
That's the whole code:

const startBot = (client) => {
                fs.readFile(`${folder}${file}`, (err, data) => {
                    try {
                        client.sendFile(
                            tel,
                            `data:application/pdf;base64,${data.toString('base64')}`,
                            filename,
                            `Caption`
                        );
                        client.sendText(tel, 'test'); //this works
                    } catch (error) {
                        console.error(error);
                    };
                });       
};
sulla.create().then(client => startBot(client));

Thanks for your time.

[haroldorodsilva]

@LucasDibz did you have find a solution?

[LucasDibz]

@haroldorodsilva not yet, trying with diff create setting...still no success... maybe something about puppeteer?

[smashah]

@LucasDibz what puppeteer v are you running?

[LucasDibz]

@smashah sullas default,
"_requested": {
"type": "version",
"registry": true,
"raw": "[email protected]",
"name": "puppeteer",
"escapedName": "puppeteer",
"rawSpec": "2.0.0",
"saveSpec": null,
"fetchSpec": "2.0.0"
},

[smashah]

@LucasDibz can you run the demo, send it a pdf then see if it replies with the pdf?

[haroldorodsilva]

I am testing with the clone of the project and works fine. I used this code below:

client.onMessage(async message => {
try {
const isConnected = await client.isConnected();
console.log('TCL: start -> isConnected', isConnected);

  if (message.body.toUpperCase() === 'image'.toUpperCase()) {
    const image = await utils.getFileInBase64('image.png');

    console.log('send image to', message.from, image === '');

    await client.sendImage(
      message.from,
      // `data:image/png;base64,${image}`,
      String(image),
      'image.png',
      `Try to send image`
    );
  }
  //
} catch (error) {
  console.log('TCL: start -> error', error);
}

});

I'll try using with npm and with the dist of the clone now.

[haroldorodsilva]

Now I had created a new project and make a clone of sulla inside this project. I used the script build to generate the foldes dist and used this folder.

const { create } = require("./sulla/dist");
const utils = require("./utils");

const startBot = client => {
client.onMessage(async message => {
try {
const isConnected = await client.isConnected();
console.log(" start -> isConnected", isConnected);

  if (message.body.toUpperCase() === "image".toUpperCase()) {
    const image = await utils.getFileInBase64("image.png");

    console.log("send image to", message.from, image === "");

    await client.sendImage(
      message.from,
      // `data:image/png;base64,${image}`,
      image,
      "image.png",
      `Try to send image`
    );
  }
  //
} catch (error) {
  console.log("TCL: start -> error", error);
}

});
};
create().then(client => startBot(client));

With this way the it is not works.

[haroldorodsilva]

with package don't work too:

const { create } = require("sulla-hotfix");

[haroldorodsilva]

@smashah Can you try using download the library from npm and using files .js ?

because cloning the project and running ts-node on demo is working.

[cucabr]

the same problem occurs here. any ideas on how to solve?

[smashah]

I've moved totally to using ts-node for everything. I'd suggest migrating to that if it works until this issue gets sorted.

[cucabr]

@haroldorodsilva I'm a noob with ts-node. do you know how do i import the modules and be able to execute the code that you posted? I would be very grateful if you could help me.

[smashah]

@cucabr same as demo/index.ts

[cucabr]

around here, even using the ts-node with project clone (actual), it's not ok. nothing happens. the image is not sent and no errors appear either. sad. I discovered this repository today.

[haroldorodsilva]

The test that I think must be made is create a project with typescript and install the package with npm and try.

@cucabr não sou tão bom com typescript, procurei na Net apenas para testar. Tem que instalar o typescript e o ts-node e depois só rodar: ts-node demo/Index.js...

[haroldorodsilva]

around here, even using the ts-node with project clone (actual), it's not ok. nothing happens. the image is not sent and no errors appear either. sad. I discovered this repository today.

I'll post here later the code latter

[haroldorodsilva]

around here, even using the ts-node with project clone (actual), it's not ok. nothing happens. the image is not sent and no errors appear either. sad. I discovered this repository today.

I'll post here later the code latter

[haroldorodsilva]

around here, even using the ts-node with project clone (actual), it's not ok. nothing happens. the image is not sent and no errors appear either. sad. I discovered this repository today.

You're right, I updated and did not send the image. @smashah

I deleted the folder and cloned version 1.7.6 again and also did not send the image. I downloaded 1.7.5 in the releases and made the same change and it didn't work anymore.

Now I don't understand what happened. I will attach my files here from 1.7.6

[haroldorodsilva]

sulla_176.zip

[smashah]

@LucasDibz @haroldorodsilva @cucabr try v1.7.7 it should be fixed now.

Let me know how it goes. Thanks.

[haroldorodsilva]

@smashah In version 1.7.7 it worked perfectly both in the demo of the clone, via npm and using the compiled dist.

Thanks

[LucasDibz]

@smashah Perfect!

thanks!

[gildastema]

Error: Evaluation failed: ReferenceError: chatId is not defined. ChatId not define.

[smashah]

@gildastema latest version? I'll fix that today. Thanks for pointing it out.

[haroldorodsilva]

@smashah the pull request #116 I have tested here with the alterations and works fine

[smashah]

@haroldorodsilva next v will include the fix in the above pull request

[smashah]

@haroldorodsilva @gildastema

Fix is live in v1.7.12

thanks