imessages

extract imessage chats to json :-)

Usage

npm install -g imessages
cp ~/Library/Messages/chat.db chat.db
imessages list-handles ./chat.db // prints all the handles
imessages extract ./chat.db +525588888888 Sofia chee > sofia.json

commands

extract

extract messages for a handle

imessages extract <database> <handle> [name] [me]

args

| opt | desc | required | |:---------|:----------------------------------------------------------|:---------| | database | chat.db (found at ~/Library/Messages/chat.db) | yes | | handle | whose msgs to extract (see list-handles) | yes | | name | the name to use for messages sent by them | no | | me | the name to use for messages sent by you | no |

list-handles

list available handles in a chat.db database

imessages extract <database>

args

| opt | desc | required | |:---------|:----------------------------------------------|:---------| | database | chat.db (found at ~/Library/Messages/chat.db) | yes |