https://github.com/bencooper222/Facebook-Messenger-Export

Converting Messenger's export into something useful
https://github.com/bencooper222/Facebook-Messenger-Export

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Converting Messenger's export into something useful

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bencooper222/Facebook-Messenger-Export
• Owner: bencooper222
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-04-21T02:54:27.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-04-01T04:43:03.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-01T21:42:46.526Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: archive, messenger
• Language: C#
• Size: 51.8 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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README

        
# THIS NO LONGER WORKS BECAUSE FACEBOOK UPDATED THEIR EXPORT SCHEMA TO SOMETHING USEFUL. IT IS INCLUDED HERE ONLY FOR HISTORY'S SAKE.

# Facebook-Messenger-Export

## Purpose

A C# project to take the message export Facebook gives and turn it into something more machine readable. Might extend to creating a frontend for reading them. Maybe. 

## Hierarchy of Export (message.htm file)

* Start in the div `.contents`

* It apparently has several divs in it for some fucking reason (probably related to health of the DOM)

* Each chat has a div for it with class `.thread`

    * For some fucking reason this starts with a basic plain string (no `
` tag) that has a list of all users

* It then continues with a bunch of divs with class `.message`.

    * Spoiler: these don't fucking include the messages

    * Instead they contain a div of class `.message_header`

    * Within this div, there's 2 spans. One with class `.user` and the other with class `.meta`

        * User has the user's information. Sometimes this takes the form of a real name. Other times this takes the form of [email protected]. Going to facebook.com/ID will take you to their profile. 

        * Meta has the date in this format: Monday, December 12, 2016 at 1:51pm CST

* *After* the div of class `.message`, there's a (classless) `
` tag with the actual plaintext of the mssage

    * I'm pretty convinced images aren't here at all.

    * Can't blame Facebook for that one - they can't expose them to the world via their CDN and the processing (+ raw size) of the export would be ridiculous if they were included

        * Still would like links that could be accessed by people with actual auth :/

## Getting Long Lived Facebook Token

Follow instructions here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17197970/facebook-permanent-page-access-token

## License

MIT