messenger analysis

Setup

Create a Python 3 virtual environment, activate it, and install the dependencies.

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

In the activated virtual environment, run the main.py script

python main.py <path/to/inbox/directory>

Show the help message and additional arguments with

python main.py --help

NOTE: The downloaded Facebook data must be in the same directory as the main.py script at the path messages/inbox.

Code is formatted with black. Please format your code before creating a PR. In the activated virtual environment, run black

black main.py