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ichat2json

Reads an .ichat binary plist file and writes newline-separated JSON to STDOUT

Run Instructions

Open ichat2json.xcodeproj with Xcode.
Build it.
In console you'll find the path of the executable.

Console:

Usage:  /Users/[YOURUSER]/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ichat2json-fgxipssxrjlhvrevepwucnmapdzq/Build/Products/Debug/ichat2json path/to/ichat

Copy the path, and use this command in a Terminal to dump it in a file:

EX:

cd /PATH_TO_YOUR_ICHAT_FILE
/Users/[YOURUSER]/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ichat2json-fgxipssxrjlhvrevepwucnmapdzq/Build/Products/Debug/ichat2json file.ichat > file.json

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Fails when there is an attachment

[keyvan@shake imessage-bridge]$ bin/ichat2json ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/Messages/Archive/2016-12-09/Ali\ Sohraby\ on\ 2016-12-09\ at\ 14.33.00.ichat
2016-12-09 22:13:37.245 ichat2json[7915:1399179] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidUnarchiveOperationException', reason: '*** -[NSKeyedUnarchiver decodeObjectForKey:]: cannot decode object of class (NSTextAttachment) for key (NS.objects); the class may be defined in source code or a library that is not linked'
*** First throw call stack:
(
        0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff874024f2 __exceptionPreprocess + 178
        1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff8f01ff7e objc_exception_throw + 48
        2   Foundation                          0x00007fff8b2f8721 -[NSCoder(Exceptions) __failWithExceptionName:errorCode:format:] + 0
        3   Foundation                          0x00007fff8b2f8948 -[NSCoder(Exceptions) __failWithExceptionName:errorCode:format:] + 551
        4   Foundation                          0x00007fff8b1d17b5 _decodeObjectBinary + 3593
        5   Foundation                          0x00007fff8b1d08a5 _decodeObject + 281
        6   Foundation                          0x00007fff8b28c2eb +[NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithFile:] + 156
        7   ichat2json                          0x000000010aa93c26 main + 614
        8   libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff88a1f5ad start + 1
        9   ???                                 0x0000000000000002 0x0 + 2
)
libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
Abort trap: 6