diff --git a/old_README.md b/old_README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1c908c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/old_README.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +# Whatsapp-Chat-Exporter +A Whatsapp database parser that will give you the history of your Whatsapp conversations in HTML and JSON +**If you plan to uninstall WhatsApp or delete your WhatsApp account, please make a backup of your WhatsApp database. You may want to use this exporter again on the same database in the future as the exporter develops** + +# Usage +First, clone this repo, and copy all py and html files to a working directory if you want to do so. +```shell +git clone https://github.com/KnugiHK/Whatsapp-Chat-Exporter.git +``` +Then, ready your WhatsApp database, place them in the root of working directory. +* For Android, it is called msgstore.db. If you want name of your contacts, get the contact database, which is called wa.db. +* For iPhone, it is called 7c7fba66680ef796b916b067077cc246adacf01d (YES, a hash). + +Next, ready your media folder, place it in the root of working directory. +* For Android, copy the WhatsApp directory from your phone directly. +* For iPhone, run the extract_iphone_media.py, and you will get a folder called Message. +``` +python extract_iphone_media.py "C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\[device id]" +``` +And now, you should have something like this: + +![Folder structure](imgs/structure.png) + +Last, run the script regarding the type of phone. +``` +python extract.py & :: Android +python extract_iphone.py & :: iPhone +``` +And you will get these: +#### Private Message +![Private Message](imgs/pm.png) + +#### Group Message +![Group Message](imgs/group.png) \ No newline at end of file