instagram-messages v1.0.5

instagram-messages

This is a simple npm package for extracting instagram messages. To actually get your JSON file (messages.json) from instagram, you'll need to download your data, to do so, just click here and login https://www.instagram.com/download/request/

The main goal of this package is actually just writing a (.txt) file with your messages.

Installation

const ig = require('instagram-messsages')
const json = require('./path-to-your-json-file.json') 
// You'll need json file in order to actually do something with this npm package

How to use it

.getChats()

Before you start, just console.log() this in order to see your chats

ig.getChats(); 
// => result is a multi-dimensional array with your chats, e.g. [["nicolas.cage", "johnny.depp"], ["johnny.depp", "monica.bellucci"]]

.getSortedMessages(jsonFile, chat)

You can use this to write a .txt file

const ig = require('instagram-messsages')
const fs = require('fs')
const json = require('./path-to-your-json-file.json') 

fs.writeFile("Text.txt", ig.getSortedMessages(json, ["nicolas.cage", "johnny.depp"]).join("\n"), function () {});
/*
The result will be something like this:
<09/12/2018 10:12:23> johnny.depp: hey
<09/12/2018 10:13:20> nicolas.cage: ?
<DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM:SS> instagram.username: message
etc.
*/

.getMessagesFrom(jsonFile, chat, author(s))

On this way you can get messages just from a certain user or from more users (if you are in a group chat)

ig.getMessagesFrom(json, ["nicolas.cage", "johnny.depp"], ["johnny.depp"]);

.getMessageObject(jsonFile, chat)

This is useful if you are going to do something with data

ig.getMessageObject(json, ["nicolas.cage", "johnny.depp"]);

.getMessagesObjectFrom(jsonFile, chat, author(s))

Same as .getMessagesFrom() but it returns an array with objects

ig.getMessagesObjectFrom(json, ["nicolas.cage", "johnny.depp", "monica.bellucci"], ["monica.bellucci", "johnny.depp"]);

.getNumberOfMessages(jsonFile, chat, author(s))

With this you can get the number of messages from a certain user or from more users.

ig.getNumberOfMessages(json, ["nicolas.cage", "johnny.depp", "monica.bellucci"], ["johnny.depp"]);

FAQ

Why is this so badly done?

Because this is my first npm package

What are "jsonFile, chat", etc.?

jsonFile -> your data from instagram

[chat] -> it is an array with usernames

[author(s)] -> this is an array of authors (of the messages sent) you'd like to keep

Are there any bugs?

I absolutely have no idea.