From 94523562c1944040ff1ca8254a8bd88f563dd499 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdussamet Kocak <abdus@abdus.dev>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:02:43 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] feat(wacli-export): export daily chat messages to csv

---
 wacli-export.py | 99 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 wacli-export.py

diff --git a/wacli-export.py b/wacli-export.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1ae3dc7
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+++ b/wacli-export.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script
+
+# /// script
+# dependencies = []
+# ///
+
+import argparse
+import csv
+import logging
+import sqlite3
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s")
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Export daily WhatsApp chat messages to CSV files.",
+        formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--db",
+        "-d",
+        type=Path,
+        default=Path.home() / ".wacli" / "wacli.db",
+        help="Path to wacli SQLite database",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--output",
+        "-o",
+        type=Path,
+        default=Path.cwd(),
+        help="Output directory for CSV files",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "chat_jid",
+        type=str,
+        help="Chat JID to export (e.g. 905341231231@s.whatsapp.net)",
+    )
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    args = parse_args()
+
+    if not args.db.exists():
+        log.error("Database not found: %s", args.db)
+        raise SystemExit(1)
+
+    args.output.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    filename_prefix = f"whatsapp_{args.chat_jid.split('@')[0]}"
+
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(args.db)
+    conn.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
+
+    rows = conn.execute(
+        """
+        SELECT sender_name, ts, display_text
+        FROM messages
+        WHERE chat_jid = ?
+        ORDER BY ts ASC
+        """,
+        (args.chat_jid,),
+    ).fetchall()
+
+    conn.close()
+
+    if not rows:
+        log.warning("No messages found for JID: %s", args.chat_jid)
+        return
+
+    daily: dict[str, list[tuple[str, str, str]]] = {}
+    for row in rows:
+        day = datetime.fromtimestamp(row["ts"], tz=timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+        ts_iso = datetime.fromtimestamp(row["ts"], tz=timezone.utc).strftime(
+            "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+        )
+        daily.setdefault(day, []).append(
+            (row["sender_name"] or "", ts_iso, row["display_text"] or "")
+        )
+
+    written = 0
+    for day in sorted(daily):
+        day_path = args.output / f"{filename_prefix}_{day}.csv"
+        with day_path.open("w", newline="") as f:
+            w = csv.writer(f)
+            w.writerow(["sender_name", "timestamp", "display_text"])
+            w.writerows(daily[day])
+        written += 1
+        log.info("Wrote %s (%d messages)", day_path, len(daily[day]))
+
+    log.info("Done — %d files written to %s", written, args.output)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()