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[GH-ISSUE #25] Contact support if missing wa.db suggestion #17
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Originally created by @jfdg01 on GitHub (Jan 28, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/absadiki/whatsapp-msgstore-viewer/issues/25
Hello,
Since it's sometimes possible for phones to export the Whatsapp contacts (also the contacts in Google Account and local data, ofc) to a neat contacts.vcf, adding a parser to link the names and the phone numbers seems feasible.
Is this possible? If so, I could try to do it myself, otherwise inform me and I can investigate it.
Thanks.
@absadiki commented on GitHub (Jan 29, 2026):
Hi @jfdg01, thanks for the suggestion, that’s an interesting idea.
Yes, I think it might be possible. From a code perspective, you’d mainly need to extend the load_contact logic.
That said, it’s not very straightforward. In wa.db, we find the link between the JID and the phone number, whereas a contacts.vcf typically only contains the contact name and phone number. You’d likely need to infer or reconcile the JID ↔ phone number mapping from msgstore.db itself, which may not always be reliable.
Still, if you’d like to experiment with this, feel free to investigate and share your findings :)