Source code for langchain_community.chat_loaders.imessage
from __future__ import annotations
from pathlib import Path
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Iterator, List, Optional, Union
from langchain_core.chat_sessions import ChatSession
from langchain_core.messages import HumanMessage
from langchain_community.chat_loaders.base import BaseChatLoader
if TYPE_CHECKING:
import sqlite3
[docs]class IMessageChatLoader(BaseChatLoader):
"""Load chat sessions from the `iMessage` chat.db SQLite file.
It only works on macOS when you have iMessage enabled and have the chat.db file.
The chat.db file is likely located at ~/Library/Messages/chat.db. However, your
terminal may not have permission to access this file. To resolve this, you can
copy the file to a different location, change the permissions of the file, or
grant full disk access for your terminal emulator
in System Settings > Security and Privacy > Full Disk Access.
"""
[docs] def __init__(self, path: Optional[Union[str, Path]] = None):
"""
Initialize the IMessageChatLoader.
Args:
path (str or Path, optional): Path to the chat.db SQLite file.
Defaults to None, in which case the default path
~/Library/Messages/chat.db will be used.
"""
if path is None:
path = Path.home() / "Library" / "Messages" / "chat.db"
self.db_path = path if isinstance(path, Path) else Path(path)
if not self.db_path.exists():
raise FileNotFoundError(f"File {self.db_path} not found")
try:
import sqlite3 # noqa: F401
except ImportError as e:
raise ImportError(
"The sqlite3 module is required to load iMessage chats.\n"
"Please install it with `pip install pysqlite3`"
) from e
def _parse_attributedBody(self, attributedBody: bytes) -> str:
"""
Parse the attributedBody field of the message table
for the text content of the message.
The attributedBody field is a binary blob that contains
the message content after the byte string b"NSString":
5 bytes 1-3 bytes `len` bytes
... | b"NSString" | preamble | `len` | contents | ...
The 5 preamble bytes are always b"\x01\x94\x84\x01+"
The size of `len` is either 1 byte or 3 bytes:
- If the first byte in `len` is b"\x81" then `len` is 3 bytes long.
So the message length is the 2 bytes after, in little Endian.
- Otherwise, the size of `len` is 1 byte, and the message length is
that byte.
Args:
attributedBody (bytes): attributedBody field of the message table.
Return:
str: Text content of the message.
"""
content = attributedBody.split(b"NSString")[1][5:]
length, start = content[0], 1
if content[0] == 129:
length, start = int.from_bytes(content[1:3], "little"), 3
return content[start : start + length].decode("utf-8", errors="ignore")
def _load_single_chat_session(
self, cursor: "sqlite3.Cursor", chat_id: int
) -> ChatSession:
"""
Load a single chat session from the iMessage chat.db.
Args:
cursor: SQLite cursor object.
chat_id (int): ID of the chat session to load.
Returns:
ChatSession: Loaded chat session.
"""
results: List[HumanMessage] = []
query = """
SELECT message.date, handle.id, message.text, message.attributedBody
FROM message
JOIN chat_message_join ON message.ROWID = chat_message_join.message_id
JOIN handle ON message.handle_id = handle.ROWID
WHERE chat_message_join.chat_id = ?
ORDER BY message.date ASC;
"""
cursor.execute(query, (chat_id,))
messages = cursor.fetchall()
for date, sender, text, attributedBody in messages:
if text:
content = text
elif attributedBody:
content = self._parse_attributedBody(attributedBody)
else: # Skip messages with no content
continue
results.append(
HumanMessage(
role=sender,
content=content,
additional_kwargs={
"message_time": date,
"sender": sender,
},
)
)
return ChatSession(messages=results)
[docs] def lazy_load(self) -> Iterator[ChatSession]:
"""
Lazy load the chat sessions from the iMessage chat.db
and yield them in the required format.
Yields:
ChatSession: Loaded chat session.
"""
import sqlite3
try:
conn = sqlite3.connect(self.db_path)
except sqlite3.OperationalError as e:
raise ValueError(
f"Could not open iMessage DB file {self.db_path}.\n"
"Make sure your terminal emulator has disk access to this file.\n"
" You can either copy the DB file to an accessible location"
" or grant full disk access for your terminal emulator."
" You can grant full disk access for your terminal emulator"
" in System Settings > Security and Privacy > Full Disk Access."
) from e
cursor = conn.cursor()
# Fetch the list of chat IDs sorted by time (most recent first)
query = """SELECT chat_id
FROM message
JOIN chat_message_join ON message.ROWID = chat_message_join.message_id
GROUP BY chat_id
ORDER BY MAX(date) DESC;"""
cursor.execute(query)
chat_ids = [row[0] for row in cursor.fetchall()]
for chat_id in chat_ids:
yield self._load_single_chat_session(cursor, chat_id)
conn.close()