FB_Analysis

Python program to analyse Facebook (FB) messenger data from JSON extracts. It currently can be run for an individual conversation or all conversations, like the example in main.py. The plan is to develop a console app and then eventually an executable with a GUI, to enable a user to drill down into their data.

Contents

• main.py: primary point of execution for the program, currently contains inputs specific to my dataset. Add another string with the name of a specific Facebook friend to only process the conversation between the user and the specified friend
  
  

• convo.py: defines the Convo (Conversation) class. There is one instance per conversation. There is currently no difference between individual conversations and group chats. This is also currently where the output generation methods are stored.
  
  

• convo_reader.py: the class responsible for extracting data from the FB json extracts and building the Convo class
  
  

• convo_visualisation.py: the module which houses all functions responsible for graphing the data. It is intended to be abstracted from the original format of the data and only loosely coupled with the Convo class
  
  

• test_convo.py: this is the test harness, using the unittest package, to test the convo.py file. It is currently out of date.

Prerequisites

• Python version 3.11.10 + the libaries listed in requirements.txt

• Facebook data file in *JSON format. For instructions on how to download: How do I download a copy of my information on Facebook?

  Note that a bit of a shortcut for this is following the link here: https://www.facebook.com/dyi/?referrer=yfi_settings (rather than traversing through all the settings as the official instructions suggests).

  • More settings: In addition to exporting as JSON format (important), for smaller data sizes (and therefore faster download) make it only export messages (as opposed to all data) and put image/video quality to low.

  • Data file location Place the unzipped data into the (gitignore'd) raw_data folder and change the root_path and user_name variables in main.py to reflect the folder name of your unzipped data and username respectively.

• FFMpeg Version: ffmpeg-2024-03-14-git-2129d66a66-full_build-www.gyan.dev For instructions on how to install, see the pip and github releases instructions from gyan: How to install FFMpeg

• tkinter Version: 8.6

References and Notes

• VADER Paper: http://eegilbert.org/papers/icwsm14.vader.hutto.pdf