Archive Google Chat

archive-google-chat.js

(() => {
  /* ---------- helpers ---------- */
  const clean = s => s?.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();     // collapse whitespace

  /* ---------- collect ---------- */
  const raw = [...document.querySelectorAll('span[data-message-id]')].map(span => {
    const msgId   = span.dataset.messageId;
    const user    = clean(span.innerText);               // sender name

    /* find the surrounding <div role="group"> that owns this message */
    const group   = span.closest('div[role="group"]') ||
                    span.closest(`div[data-id="${msgId}"]`) ||
                    span;

    /* 1️⃣ try the canonical payload container Chat uses for text */
    let body = group.querySelector('div[jsname="bgckF"]');

    /* 2️⃣ fall back to a few older / edge-case selectors */
    if (!body)
      body = group.querySelector('[data-message-text], div[dir="auto"]');

    const text = clean(body?.innerText) || '';           // empty string if nothing

    /* timestamp (epoch ms) – stays the same */
    const tsNode  = group.querySelector('span[jsname="E53oB"]');
    const tsEpoch = tsNode?.getAttribute('data-absolute-timestamp') || undefined;

    return { user, text, ...(tsEpoch && { timestamp: tsEpoch }) };
  });

  /* ---------- output ---------- */
  console.table(raw);
  console.log('Users:', [...new Set(raw.map(r => r.user))]);
  copy(JSON.stringify(raw, null, 2));                    // ⌘-V straight into a file
})();