WhatsApp-Reader

WhatsApp Reader is a web application designed to read exported whatsapp conversations in a very similar experience to the original app.

Online version

• Visit WhatsApp Chat Reader to see an online running version of the application which uses a database to load the conversations.
• Visit WhatsApp Reader to see an online running version of the application which uses a temporary data structure to load the conversations

Installation

Use the package manager pip to install the required packages to run the application.

git clone https://github.com/twibster/WhatsApp-Reader.git
cd Whatsapp-Reader
pip install -r requirements.txt

Setup

There is one environment variable needed for the application to work:

Syntax	Description	Defualt	Importance
DATABASE_URL	Url configuration for the database	sqlite:///site.db	High

Usage

reset.py    # for the first time only
python run.py

Navigate to your browser and enter the address that appeared in your terminal.