[GH-ISSUE #213] Error showing message details: must be str or None, not bytes #186

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opened 2026-02-25 20:34:51 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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Originally created by @BriceN on GitHub (Feb 22, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/B16f00t/whapa/issues/213

Hi and thank you for this amazing tool !

I have a decrypted msgstore.db that I can successfully parse with whapa (I can see all the text messages in the report), but in the terminal, when data is being parsed i get Error showing message details: must be str or None, not bytes for ( i think) the messages that contains a media.

I managed to also grab the Whatsapp media folder with another tool :

Is there a way to make use of this folder when generating the report ? Should I add the folder next to the report.html once it has been generated ? Or does whapa need it during the parsing ? Because when i look at the generated HTML code, in places where it's supposed to be a media message, there's nothing ? ( no 404 not found in the developer console too)

Thanks !

Originally created by @BriceN on GitHub (Feb 22, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/B16f00t/whapa/issues/213 Hi and thank you for this amazing tool ! I have a decrypted msgstore.db that I can successfully parse with whapa (I can see all the text messages in the report), but in the terminal, when data is being parsed i get `Error showing message details: must be str or None, not bytes` for ( i think) the messages that contains a media. ![image](https://github.com/B16f00t/whapa/assets/8823428/47c0c005-5f73-4bc4-9ceb-3afd0c977d4c) I managed to also grab the Whatsapp media folder with another tool : ![image](https://github.com/B16f00t/whapa/assets/8823428/6195e020-4af4-4b57-a713-488cd4241dc2) Is there a way to make use of this folder when generating the report ? Should I add the folder next to the report.html once it has been generated ? Or does whapa need it during the parsing ? Because when i look at the generated HTML code, in places where it's supposed to be a media message, there's nothing ? ( no 404 not found in the developer console too) ![image](https://github.com/B16f00t/whapa/assets/8823428/f3297e03-87f3-4311-99fb-735634ff7057) Thanks !