linelog2py

linelog2py is a LINE Chat History parser for Python.

Overview

This is a Python library to help you import LINE chat history files for text analysis, etc. It supports the input of a text file which can be output from the LINE talk room settings screen -> Other Settings -> Export Chat History.The loaded messages are treated as a list of Message class. The language setting of LINE must be set to either English or Japanese when outputting the file.

Requirement

• Python 3.7.15 or later required

Installation

You can install it via PyPI.

# PyPI
$ pip install linelog2py

Usage

Reading a file via Reader will output a list of Message.

from linelog2py import *

file = './line_history.txt'

messages = Reader.readFile(file)

for message in messages:
  print(message)

You can run the example program as follows:

$ python example/main.py

Documentation

Message

Properties

• time: datetime Date and time the message was sent

• username: str User's display name

• textlines: List[str] List of message sentences

• kind: Category Category of the message (Text, Sticker, etc.)

Methods

• def addMessage(self, text: str) -> None Add line to the sentences list

• def asList(self) -> List[str] Output contents as list

Category

Members

• NONE
• TEXT
• IMAGE
• MOVIE
• STAMP
• FILE
• CALL
• CALL_CANCELLED
• CALL_MISSED
• CONTACT
• UNSENT
• POLL

Methods

• def fromLabel(cls, label: str) Generate Cateory from label string.

Reader

Methods

• def readFile(file: str) -> List[Message] Read a file from the path and return a list of Message.

Copyright and License Information

Copyright (c) 2022 Yuji Sasaki. All rights reserved.

This software is released under the MIT License, see LICENSE.