nnishad / analyzethechat

Python based whatsapp chat analyzer

AnalyzeTheChat

Python based WhatsApp chat analyzer

Demo

The online demo can be found here

How to Install AnalyzeTheChat?

It is advisable to make a new virtual environment (with python 3.6) for this project. Step-by-Step
details on creating a virtual environment can be found here

Clone the repository

Once you have created the virtual environment, activate it and use the following command.

git clone https://github.com/aqeelanwar/AnalyzeTheChat.git

Install required packages

cd AnalyzeTheChat
pip install -r requirements.txt

How to run AnalyzeTheChat?

Export the WhatsApp chat

Export the WhatsApp chat you like to analyze using the following steps

1. Open the WhatsApp chat
2. Click the three vertical dots on top-right
3. Click More
4. Click Export Chat
5. Click Without Media
6. Save the generated .txt file where it is accessible

Execute the code

# Generic
python main.py --path <path-to-chat> --save_as <save-type>

# Example
python main.py --path theoffice.txt --keyword 'jello' --save_as pdf

Arguments

Argument	Type	Explanation
path	Required	Path to the .txt file exported from previous step
keyword	Optional	Keyword that needs to be searched in the chat and plotted w.r.t each contact in the chat
save_as	Optional	Format of the saved graphs. [pdf, png, jpg]

View the results

The results can be viewed in the results folder.

Example