filippodipaola / WhatsApp-word-cloud-generator

Create a nice looking word cloud from a downloaded .txt file containing the chat between two people.

WhatsApp-word-cloud-generator

Create a nice looking word cloud from a WhatsApp chat downloaded to a .txt file.

Requirements

1. Python 2.7.x <- Does not work with Python 3
2. Anaconda <- Recommended, if not you'll have to download and install several libraries https://www.anaconda.com/download/
3. WordCloud <- Anaconda does not have the wordcloud module installed by default, install it here: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/wordcloud

Installation and Running

1. Export a WhatsApp converstation by following this guide: https://toolbox.iskysoft.com/iphone-recovery/whatsapp-messages-download.html
2. Place the downloaded WhatsApp chat into a new empty folder, call the file "text.txt", otherwise you'll need to change the name of the input file within the python script.
3. Download the python script from this repo and place it into your newly created folder.
4. Run the script