Wechaty for Non-Weixin Accounts

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+---
+name: Annie Hermann
+site: https://github.com/aherman3
+avatar: /assets/contributors/aherman3/avatar.webp
+bio: Peking University international graduate student
+email: [email protected]
+---
+
+I'm Annie and I'm an American graduate student in China! I enjoy any opportunity to combine tech with language study.
+
+- University of Notre Dame '22 studying CS + Chinese
+- Yenching Academy of Peking University '24
+
+## Contact me
+
+- GitHub: <https://github.com/aherman3>
+- Email：<[email protected]>
+- 微信: aherman3

jekyll/_posts/2024-01-17-wechaty-for-non-mainland-wechat-accounts.md

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+---
+title: "Wechaty for non-Weixin accounts"
+author: aherman3
+categories: talk
+tags: puppet-wechat
+image: /assets/2024/01-wechaty-for-non-mainland-wechat-accounts/error-message.webp
+---
+
+## Using Wechaty with a non-mainland China WeChat account
+
+When scanning to access Wechaty, some international users may find they are still unable to log in. This may be due to which version of WeChat your account is registered with. **If your account was created with a non-Chinese Mainland mobile number (numbers not beginning with +86), you are using the international version of WeChat, which has some differences in service.** You can check which type of user you are through WeChat → Settings → About → Terms of Service.
+
+The international version of WeChat does not allow WeChat Web login, so scanning the default service Wechaty login QR will return the message "Service unavailable for this account".
+
+If you are a non-mainland Chinese Wechat user, don't worry! There are still multiple puppets you can use to access Wechaty. With my non-mainland Chinese account, I was able to successfully access Wechaty with all methods.
+
+## 1. Puppet XP
+
+[Wechaty Puppet XP](https://github.com/wechaty/puppet-xp) for Windows logs in through Windows Desktop Wechat, so it is usable for Wechat users. If you use a Mac, you can still use puppet-xp through Bootcamp to partition a Windows OS.
+
+- Requirements
+    1. Windows OS
+    2. Your system must have Node.js installed (version >= 12).
+    3. Install and login to Windows Desktop WeChat (v3.9.2)
+
+```shell
+git clone https://github.com/wechaty/wechaty-puppet-xp.git
+cd wechaty-puppet-xp
+npm install
+npm start
+```
+
+## 2. PadLocal
+
+[Wechaty Puppet PadLocal](https://wechaty.js.org/docs/puppet-services/padlocal) can workaround Wechat user limitations without requiring Windows. PadLocal can also be used without VM.
+
+- Requirements
+    1. Your system must have Node.js installed (version >= 12).
+    2. Your system must have Wechaty (version >= 0.40).
+
+```shell
+npm install wechaty-puppet-padlocal
+export WECHATY_PUPPET=wechaty-puppet-padlocal
+export WECHATY_PUPPET_PADLOCAL_TOKEN=__TOKEN__ ## free token for 7 days from pad-local.com
+npm start
+```
+
+## 3. Whatsapp
+
+Whatsapp has no conflict with mainland v. non-mainland numbers. Change your Wechaty puppet to [Whatsapp Web protocol](https://wechaty.js.org/docs/puppet-providers/whatsapp/) and use Whatsapp to scan the QR.
+
+```shell
+npm install wechaty-puppet-whatsapp
+export WECHATY_PUPPET=wechaty-puppet-whatsapp
+npm start
+```
+
+## 4. WorkPro
+
+[Wechaty WorkPro Puppet](https://wechaty.js.org/docs/puppet-services/workpro) provided by RPAChat is also available. It is recommended to us Github Codespace for installation.
+
+- Requirements
+    1. Your system must have Node.js installed (version >= 16).
+    2. Use latest version of Wechaty
+
+First set environment variables
+
+```shell
+export WECHATY_PUPPET_SERVICE_NO_TLS_INSECURE_CLIENT=true
+```
+
+Then revise examples/ding-dong-bot.ts by changing lines 73-76 to the following code
+
+```node
+puppet: 'wechaty-puppet-service', // NOTE: NOT 'wechaty-puppet-workpro'
+ puppetOptions: {
+   token: 'xxx', // your token (ex.'puppet_workpro_xxxxxx')
+ }
+```
+
+And launch
+
+```shell
+npm start
+```

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