facebook-msg-search.py

import json
import os
import re

DATA_FOLDER = "T:\\Data Takeout"
REGEX = r""

def search_inside(loaded_chat):
    for msg in loaded_chat["messages"]:
        match = re.search(REGEX, msg.get("content", ""), re.IGNORECASE)
        if match is not None:
            return match.group(0)
    return None

for category in ["archived_threads", "filtered_threads", "inbox"]:
    for folder in [x[0] for x in os.walk(f"{DATA_FOLDER}\\messages\\{category}\\")]:
        try:
            with open(f"{folder}\\message.json", "r") as file:
                j = json.load(file)
        except Exception:
            continue
        results = search_inside(j)
        if results is not None:
            print(f"{folder} | {results}")