Get all messages from Whatsapp

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user1141833 picture user1141833 · Jan 13, 2012 · Viewed 149.7k times · Source

I'm trying to implement an app that will show in a textview all the messages received from Whatsapp. Is there any way to do it? Is it possible to extract all the messages from Whatsapp?

Answer

Taranfx picture Taranfx · Mar 15, 2013

Whatsapp store all messages in an encrypted database (pyCrypt) which is very easy to decipher using Python.

You can fetch this database easily on Android, iPhone, Blackberry and dump it into html file. Here are complete instructions: Read, Extract WhatsApp Messages backup on Android, iPhone, Blackberry

Disclaimer: I researched and wrote this extensive guide.

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