# DiscordChatExporter

DiscordChatExporter can be used to export message history from [Discord](https://discordapp.com) to an HTML file. It works for both direct message chats and guild chats, supports markdown, message grouping, and attachments, and has an option to choose between light and dark themes.

## Screenshots

![](http://www.tyrrrz.me/Projects/DiscordChatExporter/Images/1.png)

## Download

- [See releases](https://github.com/Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter/releases)

## Features

- Supports both dark and light theme
- Displays user avatars
- Groups messages by author and time
- Handles Discord markdown characters
- Converts URLs to links
- Inlines attached images with a link to the full version
- Inserts download links for other types of attached files
- Marks edited messages with a timestamp

## Usage

The program expects an access token and channel ID as parameters. At minimum, the execution should look like this:

`DiscordChatExporter.exe /token:REkOTVqm9RWOTNOLCdiuMpWd.QiglBz.Lub0E0TZ1xX4ZxCtnwtpBhWt3v1 /channelId:459360869055190534`

#### Getting access token

- Open Discord desktop or web client
- Press `Ctrl+Shift+I`
- Navigate to `Application > Storage > Local Storage > https://discordapp.com`
- Find the value for `token` and extract it

#### Getting channel ID

- Open Discord desktop or web client
- Navigate to any DM or server channel
- Extract the current URL:
    - If using desktop client, press `Ctrl+Shift+I`, type `window.location.href` in console and extract the result
    - If using web client, just take the current URL from the address bar
- Pull the ID from the URL:
    - If it's a DM channel, the format looks like this: `https://discordapp.com/channels/@me/CHANNEL_ID`
    - If it's a server channel, the format looks like this:
    `https://discordapp.com/channels/WHATEVER/CHANNEL_ID`

#### Optional arguments

- `/theme:[Dark/Light]` - sets the style of the output

## Libraries used

- [HtmlAgilityPack](https://github.com/zzzprojects/html-agility-pack)
- [Newtonsoft.Json](https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json)
- [Tyrrrz.Extensions](https://github.com/Tyrrrz/Extensions)