The latest articles on DEV Community by HassnHamada (@hassnhamada). https://dev.to/hassnhamada https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1267457%2F9f14c975-fa71-4610-a990-27bf7606eec5.png https://dev.to/hassnhamada en HassnHamada Sun, 04 Feb 2024 10:47:44 +0000 https://dev.to/hassnhamada/my-first-package-on-pypi-ni0 https://dev.to/hassnhamada/my-first-package-on-pypi-ni0 <h2> 🎉 Introducing WhatsApp Chat Parser 🎉 </h2> <p>Hello Dev community!</p> <p>Today, I'm thrilled to share a milestone that I've reached in my coding journey. I've just published my very first package to PyPI, that is <a href="https://pypi.org/project/whatsapp-parse/">WhatsApp Chat Parser</a>!</p> <h2> 🚀 About WhatsApp Chat Parser </h2> <p>WhatsApp Chat Parser is a tool that makes it easier for everyone to extract and analyze their WhatsApp chat histories. Whether you're a researcher, marketer, or just someone curious about your chat patterns, this tool is designed to help you parse through the data with ease.</p> <p>Here's a quick rundown of what you can do with it:</p> <ul> <li>Extract conversation data including datetime, sender, and message content.</li> <li>Parse chat logs into a user-friendly Pandas DataFrame.</li> <li>Directly output a CSV file from the command line for further analysis.</li> </ul> <h2> 🛠️ How to Install </h2> <p>You can install the package with a simple pip command:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>pip <span class="nb">install </span>whatsapp-parse </code></pre> </div> <h2> 📈 Future Updates </h2> <p>I'm already planning some exciting updates, including:</p> <ul> <li>Support for additional date and time formats.</li> <li>More output formats for different use cases.</li> <li>Handling media attachments to get a comprehensive view of your chat data.</li> </ul> <h2> 🤝 Contributing </h2> <p>I wholeheartedly welcome contributions to the WhatsApp Chat Parser project. If you have any suggestions, ideas, or improvements, feel free to give me any feedback, since I believe that I grow on critics.</p> <p>Cheers, Hassan Hamada</p> <p>Disclaimer: This post was written by <a href="https://sourcegraph.com/cody">Cody</a> and edited by me for clarity and personal touch.</p> python beginners opensource pypi