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authorThomas Lange <code@nerdmind.de>2022-11-06 14:24:01 +0100
committerThomas Lange <code@nerdmind.de>2022-11-06 14:24:54 +0100
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Use argparse for parsing command-line arguments
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1 files changed, 40 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/package/bin/android-sms-extractor b/package/bin/android-sms-extractor
index 3f05911..601ff8c 100755
--- a/package/bin/android-sms-extractor
+++ b/package/bin/android-sms-extractor
@@ -1,21 +1,46 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# Export all SMS from the SQLite database of the com.android.messaging
-# app as simple plaintext sorted by conversation to stdout.
-#
-# Usage instructions for LineageOS 14.1 (tested on OnePlus X [onyx]):
-# 1. Enable USB debugging in the developer options
-# 2. Allow root access from ADB in the developer options
-# 3. Connect the device and restart the adb daemon in root mode:
-# $ adb root
-# 4. Pull the corresponding database file:
-# $ adb pull /data/data/com.android.messaging/databases/bugle_db .
-# 5. Pass the name of the database file to this script:
-# $ ./{this_script} bugle_db
+##%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%##
+# Android SMS Extractor [Thomas Lange <code@nerdmind.de>] #
+##%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%##
+# #
+# Extract all SMS from the SQLite database of the com.android.messaging app as #
+# simple plain text sorted by conversation to stdout or a file. #
+# #
+# USAGE INSTRUCTIONS (tested with SMS app in LineageOS 14.1 and 17.1): #
+# 1. Enable USB debugging in the developer options of your Android. #
+# 2. Enable "Root debugging" in the developer options of your Android. #
+# 3. Connect your Android to your PC and (re)start ADB in root mode: #
+# $ adb root #
+# 4. Pull the corresponding database file to your PC: #
+# $ adb pull /data/data/com.android.messaging/databases/bugle_db . #
+# 5. Pass the path to the extracted database file to this script: #
+# $ android-sms-extractor bugle_db #
+# #
+##%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%##
import os
import sys
import sqlite3
+
from datetime import datetime
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+
+#===============================================================================
+# Initialize argument parser
+#===============================================================================
+parser = ArgumentParser(prog="android-sms-extractor",
+ description="Android SMS Extractor")
+
+#===============================================================================
+# Define positional arguments
+#===============================================================================
+parser.add_argument('db_file', action='store',
+ help="Path to the SQLite database file")
+
+#===============================================================================
+# Parse arguments
+#===============================================================================
+args = parser.parse_args()
# Default
date_format_string = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
@@ -23,14 +48,11 @@ date_format_string = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
# German version
# date_format_string = "am %d.%m.%Y um %H:%M:%S"
-if len(sys.argv) < 2:
- exit("Usage: {} database_file > formatted.txt".format(sys.argv[0]))
-
-if not os.path.isfile(sys.argv[1]):
- exit("Could not open file {}".format(sys.argv[1]))
+if not os.path.isfile(args.db_file):
+ exit("Could not open file »{}«".format(args.db_file))
# Establish connection to local SQLite database
-connection = sqlite3.connect(sys.argv[1])
+connection = sqlite3.connect(args.db_file)
# Get a cursor to the SQLite database connection
c = connection.cursor();