https://github.com/singuerinc/whatsapp-message-filter

Filter a chat history file from WhatsApp
https://github.com/singuerinc/whatsapp-message-filter

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Filter a chat history file from WhatsApp

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/singuerinc/whatsapp-message-filter
• Owner: singuerinc
• Created: 2018-09-17T13:44:16.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-04-16T15:17:46.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-04T23:05:59.753Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: chat, filters, messages, module, nodejs, npm, whatsapp
• Language: JavaScript
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• Size: 137 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md

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# WhatsApp message filter

Filter a chat history file

# Usage

1. Download a whatsapp file history. Follow this guide: https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/android/23756533/

2. Execute the program:

## Globally

```bash

# npm

npm install -g whatsapp-message-filter

whatsapp-message-filter --input ./file.txt --message "great!"

# npx

npx whatsapp-message-filter --input ./file.txt --message "great!"

# yarn

yarn global add whatsapp-message-filter

npx whatsapp-message-filter --input ./file.txt --message "great!"

```

## Module

```bash

# npm

npm install whatsapp-message-filter

# or yarn

yarn add whatsapp-message-filter

```

```js

const fs = require("fs");

const what = require("whatsapp-message-filter");

const file = fs.readFileSync("./file.txt", "utf-8");

const arr = what(file, "message");

// [{

//   raw: string,

//   date: string,

//   time: string,

//   user: string,

//   message: string

// }, ...]

```