whatstk.whatsapp package

Submodules

whatstk.whatsapp.auto_header module

Detect header from chat.

Functions

extract_header_from_text(text[, encoding]) Extract header from text.
whatstk.whatsapp.auto_header.extract_header_from_text(text, encoding='utf-8')[source]

Extract header from text.

Parameters:
  • text (str) – Loaded chat as string (whole text).
  • encoding (str) – Encoding to use for UTF when reading/writing (ex. ‘utf-8’). List of Python standard encodings.
Returns:

str – Format extracted. None if no header was extracted.

Example

Load a chat using two text files. In this example, we use sample chats (available online, see urls in source code whatstk.data).

>>> from whatstk.whatsapp.parser import extract_header_from_text
>>> from urllib.request import urlopen
>>> from whatstk.data import whatsapp_urls
>>> filepath_1 = whatsapp_urls.POKEMON
>>> with urlopen(filepath_1) as f:
...     text = f.read().decode('utf-8')
>>> extract_header_from_text(text)
'%d.%m.%y, %H:%M - %name:

whatstk.whatsapp.generation module

whatstk.whatsapp.hformat module

Header format utils.

Example: Check if header is available.

>>> from whatstk.utils.hformat import is_supported
>>> is_supported('%y-%m-%d, %H:%M:%S - %name:')
(True, True)

Functions

get_supported_hformats_as_dict([encoding]) Get dictionary with supported formats and relevant info.
get_supported_hformats_as_list([encoding]) Get list of supported formats.
is_supported(hformat[, encoding]) Check if header hformat is currently supported.
is_supported_verbose(hformat) Check if header hformat is currently supported (both manually and using auto_header).
whatstk.whatsapp.hformat.get_supported_hformats_as_dict(encoding='utf8')[source]

Get dictionary with supported formats and relevant info.

Parameters:encoding (str, optional) –

Encoding to use for UTF when reading/writing (ex. ‘utf-8’). List of Python standard encodings.
Returns:dict –
Dict with two elements:
  • format: Header format. All formats appearing are supported.
  • auto_header: 1 if auto_header is supported), 0 otherwise.
whatstk.whatsapp.hformat.get_supported_hformats_as_list(encoding='utf8')[source]

Get list of supported formats.

Returns:list – List with supported formats (as str). encoding (str, optional): Encoding to use for UTF when reading/writing (ex. ‘utf-8’).
whatstk.whatsapp.hformat.is_supported(hformat, encoding='utf8')[source]

Check if header hformat is currently supported.

Parameters:
Returns:

tuple – * bool: True if header is supported. * bool: True if header is supported with auto_header feature.
whatstk.whatsapp.hformat.is_supported_verbose(hformat)[source]

Check if header hformat is currently supported (both manually and using auto_header).

Result is shown as a string.

Parameters:hformat (str) – Information message.

Example

Check if format '%y-%m-%d, %H:%M - %name:' is supported.

>>> from whatstk.whatsapp.hformat import is_supported_verbose
>>> is_supported_verbose('%y-%m-%d, %H:%M - %name:')
"The header '%y-%m-%d, %H:%M - %name:' is supported. `auto_header` for this header is supported."

whatstk.whatsapp.objects module

Library WhatsApp objects.

Classes

WhatsAppChat(df) Load and process a WhatsApp chat file.
class whatstk.whatsapp.objects.WhatsAppChat(df)[source]

Bases: whatstk._chat.BaseChat

Load and process a WhatsApp chat file.

Parameters:df (pandas.DataFrame) – Chat.

Methods

from_source(filepath, **kwargs) Create an instance from a chat text file.
from_sources(filepaths[, auto_header, …]) Load a WhatsAppChat instance from multiple sources.
to_txt(filepath[, hformat, encoding]) Export chat to a text file.

Example

This simple example loads a chat using WhatsAppChat. Once loaded, we can access its attribute df, which contains the loaded chat as a DataFrame.

>>> from whatstk.whatsapp.objects import WhatsAppChat
>>> from whatstk.data import whatsapp_urls
>>> chat = WhatsAppChat.from_source(filepath=whatsapp_urls.POKEMON)
>>> chat.df.head(5)
                 date     username                                            message
0 2016-08-06 13:23:00  Ash Ketchum                                          Hey guys!
1 2016-08-06 13:25:00        Brock              Hey Ash, good to have a common group!
2 2016-08-06 13:30:00        Misty  Hey guys! Long time haven't heard anything fro...
3 2016-08-06 13:45:00  Ash Ketchum  Indeed. I think having a whatsapp group nowada...
4 2016-08-06 14:30:00        Misty                                          Definetly
classmethod from_source(filepath, **kwargs)[source]

Create an instance from a chat text file.

Parameters:
  • filepath (str) –

    Path to the file. Accepted sources are:

    • Local file, e.g. ‘path/to/file.txt’.
    • URL to a remote hosted file, e.g. ‘http://www.url.to/file.txt’.
    • Link to Google Drive file, e.g. ‘gdrive://35gKKrNk-i3t05zPLyH4_P1rPdOmKW9NZ’. The format is expected to be ‘gdrive://[FILE-ID]’. Note that in order to load a file from Google Drive you first need to run gdrive_init.
  • **kwargs – Refer to the docs from df_from_txt_whatsapp for details on additional arguments.
Returns:

WhatsAppChat – Class instance with loaded and parsed chat.

See also

classmethod from_sources(filepaths, auto_header=None, hformat=None, encoding='utf-8')[source]

Load a WhatsAppChat instance from multiple sources.

Parameters:
  • filepaths (list) – List with filepaths.
  • auto_header (bool, optional) – Detect header automatically (applies to all files). If None, attempts to perform automatic header detection for all files. If False, hformat is required.
  • hformat (list, optional) – List with the header format to be used for each file. The list must be of length equal to len(filenames). A valid header format might be ‘[%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S] - %name:’.
  • encoding (str) –

    Encoding to use for UTF when reading/writing (ex. ‘utf-8’). List of Python standard encodings.
Returns:

WhatsAppChat – Class instance with loaded and parsed chat.

See also

Example

Load a chat using two text files. In this example, we use sample chats (available online, see urls in source code whatstk.data).

>>> from whatstk.whatsapp.objects import WhatsAppChat
>>> from whatstk.data import whatsapp_urls
>>> filepath_1 = whatsapp_urls.LOREM1
>>> filepath_2 = whatsapp_urls.LOREM2
>>> chat = WhatsAppChat.from_sources(filepaths=[filepath_1, filepath_2])
>>> chat.df.head(5)
                 date        username                                            message
0 2019-10-20 10:16:00            John        Laborum sed excepteur id eu cillum sunt ut.
1 2019-10-20 11:15:00            Mary  Ad aliquip reprehenderit proident est irure mo...
2 2019-10-20 12:16:00  +1 123 456 789  Nostrud adipiscing ex enim reprehenderit minim...
3 2019-10-20 12:57:00  +1 123 456 789  Deserunt proident laborum exercitation ex temp...
4 2019-10-20 17:28:00            John                Do ex dolor consequat tempor et ex.
to_txt(filepath, hformat=None, encoding='utf8')[source]

Export chat to a text file.

Usefull to export the chat to different formats (i.e. using different hformats).

Parameters:
  • filepath (str) – Name of the file to export (must be a local path).
  • hformat (str, optional) – Header format. Defaults to ‘%y-%m-%d, %H:%M - %name:’.
  • encoding (str, optional) –

    Encoding to use for UTF when reading/writing (ex. ‘utf-8’). List of Python standard encodings.

whatstk.whatsapp.parser module

Parser utils.

Functions

df_from_txt_whatsapp(filepath[, …]) Load chat as a DataFrame.
generate_regex(hformat) Generate regular expression from hformat.
whatstk.whatsapp.parser.df_from_txt_whatsapp(filepath, auto_header=True, hformat=None, encoding='utf-8')[source]

Load chat as a DataFrame.

Parameters:
  • filepath (str) –

    Path to the file. Accepted sources are:

    • Local file, e.g. ‘path/to/file.txt’.
    • URL to a remote hosted file, e.g. ‘http://www.url.to/file.txt’.
    • Link to Google Drive file, e.g. ‘gdrive://35gKKrNk-i3t05zPLyH4_P1rPdOmKW9NZ’. The format is expected to be ‘gdrive://[FILE-ID]’. Note that in order to load a file from Google Drive you first need to run gdrive_init.
  • auto_header (bool, optional) – Detect header automatically. If False, hformat is required.
  • hformat (str, optional) –

    Format of the header, e.g. '[%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S] - %name:'. Use following keywords:

    • '%y': for year ('%Y' is equivalent).
    • '%m': for month.
    • '%d': for day.
    • '%H': for 24h-hour.
    • '%I': for 12h-hour.
    • '%M': for minutes.
    • '%S': for seconds.
    • '%P': for “PM”/”AM” or “p.m.”/”a.m.” characters.
    • '%name': for the username.

    Example 1: For the header ‘12/08/2016, 16:20 - username:’ we have the 'hformat='%d/%m/%y, %H:%M - %name:'.

    Example 2: For the header ‘2016-08-12, 4:20 PM - username:’ we have hformat='%y-%m-%d, %I:%M %P - %name:'.

  • encoding (str, optional) –

    Encoding to use for UTF when reading/writing (ex. ‘utf-8’). List of Python standard encodings.
Returns:

WhatsAppChat – Class instance with loaded and parsed chat.

See also

whatstk.whatsapp.parser.generate_regex(hformat)[source]

Generate regular expression from hformat.

Parameters:hformat (str) – Simplified syntax for the header, e.g. '%y-%m-%d, %H:%M:%S - %name:'.
Returns:str – Regular expression corresponding to the specified syntax.

Example

Generate regular expression corresponding to 'hformat=%y-%m-%d, %H:%M:%S - %name:'.

>>> from whatstk.whatsapp.parser import generate_regex
>>> generate_regex('%y-%m-%d, %H:%M:%S - %name:')
('(?P<year>\\d{2,4})-(?P<month>\\d{1,2})-(?P<day>\\d{1,2}), (?P<hour>\\d{1,2}):(?P<minutes>\\d{2}):(?
P<seconds>\\d{2}) - (?P<username>[^:]*): ', '(?P<year>\\d{2,4})-(?P<month>\\d{1,2})-(?P<day>\\d{1,2}), (?
P<hour>\\d{1,2}):(?P<minutes>\\d{2}):(?P<seconds>\\d{2}) - ')

Module contents

WhatsApp parser.