https://github.com/karlicoss/telegram-backup-to-txt

Tool to dump telegram into text files for quick search (e.g. with grep)
https://github.com/karlicoss/telegram-backup-to-txt

pkm plaintext search telegram

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Tool to dump telegram into text files for quick search (e.g. with grep)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/karlicoss/telegram-backup-to-txt
• Owner: karlicoss
• Created: 2019-10-16T22:42:02.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-03-31T21:32:17.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T12:44:54.812Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: pkm, plaintext, search, telegram
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 5.86 KB
• Stars: 27
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.org

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README

        
#+begin_src python :exports results :results output drawer

  import convert_to_plaintext

  print(convert_to_plaintext.__doc__)

#+end_src

#+RESULTS:

:results:

Script to convert HTML output from [[https://github.com/fabianonline/telegram_backup][telegram_backup]] tool to plaintext with proper filenames.

I'm using it for quick search (e.g. =grep=) in messages without having to go to web interface/mobile app. You can read more about it [[https://beepb00p.xyz/pkm-search.html#other][here]].

* Usage

1. Read [[https://github.com/fabianonline/telegram_backup#usage][usage for telegram_backup]] to backup your account. Don't forget to run =--export html=!

2. Run this script with the same =--target= and =--account= arguments as for backup script, and pass =--output= directory.

Personally I've got all this set up as a daily Cron job.

** Dependencies

~apt install sqlite3 html2text~

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