Package: skyperious
SkyperiousImportant NoticeAround 2017, starting from Skype version 8, Skype moved away from its famous
peer-to-peer architecture to a client-server system, and started to store
conversation history on its own servers only.Formerly, it used a local SQLitemain.dbdatabase to store chats and messages,
which is what Skyperious was originally created to work with - merging chat
histories from different computers into one.Skyperious still works with existingmain.dbfiles, and can also download
newer messages from Skype online service. But any changes done to the database
no longer affect what is visible in the official Skype program.Skyperious is a Skype chat history tool.You can open Skype SQLite databases and work with their contents:import messages from Skype online service and Skype export archivessearch across all messages and contactsread chat history in full, see chat statistics and word cloudsexport chats as HTML, text or spreadsheetview any database table and export their data, fix database corruptionchange, add or delete data in any tableexecute direct SQL queriesandsynchronize messages in two Skype databases, merging their differencesAdditionally, it doubles as a useful database tool for any SQLite file.
Also, acommand line interfaceis available with key functions like exporting, searching, syncing, and merging.
The graphical version includes a Python console window.Downloads, help texts, and more screenshots athttps://suurjaak.github.io/Skyperious.Using The ProgramSkyperious can look through user directories and detect Skype databases
automatically, or you can select specific files or folders.
Once added to the database list, a file can be opened for reading, searching
and exporting, or compared with another database for merging.Searching an opened database supports a simplequery syntax.
You can use keywords to search among specific authors or chats only
(from:john,chat:links), or from certain dates only
(date:2012,date:2010..2013-06). Search supports
wildcards, exact phrases, grouping, excluding, and either-or queries.Skyperious can log into Skype online service and download and save new messages
into the local database file. It can also create a newmain.dbdatabase from
scratch, by downloading all available history.Skyperious can read chat history archives exported from Skype, and merge their
contents into an existing database, or create a new database from their contents.(Skype export is available in Skype web interface under
My account -> Export files and chat history.
The result is a.tararchive containing amessages.jsonfile.)HTML export can download shared photos and embed them in the resulting HTML,
if password for the Skype account has been entered in online-page.
This can be disabled in File -> Advanced Options -> SharedImageAutoDownload.
Image download is also supported in the command-line interface.In database comparison, you can scan one database for messages not found in
the other, and merge all detected messages to the other database. Or you can
read and copy specific chats and contacts. You can also merge chat history
archives exported from Skype, via Compare and merge ->
Select a Skype chat history export archive from your computer.Skyperious offers a number of options from thecommand line:export FILE [-t format]    export Skype databases as HTML, text or spreadsheet
  search "query" FILE        search Skype databases for messages or data
  sync FILE                  download new messages from Skype online service
  contacts FILE [-t format]  export Skype contacts as HTML, text or spreadsheet
  create FILE [-u user]      create new Skype database, blank or from a Skype source
  merge FILE FILE ...        merge two or more Skype databases into a new database
  diff FILE1 FILE2           compare chat history in two Skype databases
  gui [FILE]                 launch Skyperious graphical program (default option)
  -h [option]                show command line help, for option if specifiedSkyperious can be minimized to tray, clicking the tray icon opens
a search popup.The program itself is stand-alone, can work from any directory, and does not
need additional installation, Windows installers have been provided for
convenience. The installed program can be copied to a USB stick and used
elsewhere, same goes for the source code. The command line interface only needs
Python to run.Skyperious has been tested under Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows Vista,
Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux, and reported to work under OS X and Windows 8.
In source code form, it should run wherever Python and the required
Python packages are installed.If running from pip installation, runskyperiousfrom the command-line.
If running from straight source code, launchskyperious.shwhere shell
scripts are supported, or launchskyperious.batunder Windows, or open
a terminal to Skyperious src-directory and runpython -m skyperious.InstallationWindows: download and launch the latest setup fromhttps://suurjaak.github.io/Skyperious/downloads.html.Linux Snap Store: install Skyperious, or runsnap install skyperiousMac/Linux/other: install Python, wxPython, pip, and runpip install skyperiousThe pip installation will add theskyperiouscommand to path.
For more thorough instructions, seeINSTALL.md.Skyperious has aDockerfile, seebuild/README for Docker.md.Source DependenciesIf running from source code, Skyperious needs Python 3.5+ or Python 2.7,
and the following 3rd-party Python packages:wxPython 4.0+ (https://wxpython.org/)The following are also listed inrequirements.txtfor pip:appdirs (https://pypi.org/project/appdirs)beautifulsoup4 (https://pypi.org/project/beautifulsoup4)ijson (https://pypi.org/project/ijson)Pillow (https://pypi.org/project/Pillow)pyparsing (https://pypi.org/project/pyparsing)six (https://pypi.org/project/six)SkPy (https://pypi.org/project/SkPy)XlsxWriter (https://pypi.org/project/XlsxWriter)If wxPython is not available, the command line interface will function
regardless.If other Python libraries are not available, the program will function
regardless, only with lesser service - like lacking Excel export or full
search syntax.appdirsandsixare mandatory.AttributionSkyperious includes step, Simple Template Engine for Python,
(c) 2012, Daniele Mazzocchio (https://github.com/dotpy/step).Shared images slideshow in HTML export implemented with jsOnlyLightbox,
(c) 2014, Felix Hagspiel (https://github.com/felixhagspiel/jsOnlyLightbox).Emoticon images in HTML export are property of Skype Limited, (c) 2004-2006,
released under theSkype Component License 1.0.Default avatar icon from:
Fancy Avatars, (c) 2009 Brandon Mathis,https://github.com/imathis/fancy-avatarsSeveral icons from:
Fugue Icons, (c) 2010 Yusuke Kamiyamane,https://p.yusukekamiyamane.comIncludes fonts Carlito Regular and Carlito bold,https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Google_Crosextra_Carlito_fontsBinaries compiled with PyInstaller,https://www.pyinstaller.orgInstallers created with Nullsoft Scriptable Install System,https://nsis.sourceforge.ioLicenseCopyright (c) by Erki Suurjaak.
Released as free open source software under the MIT License,
seeLICENSE.mdfor full details.