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    copied!<p>What would be the best way to parse Gmail chat logs from the webpage where it's displayed? As far as I know, this is still the only way to access server-hosted Gmail chat logs (through either desktop Gmail or mobile Gmail).</p> <p>When looking at the generated source where the conversation takes place, the markup looks like nested divs and spans (and the divs elsewhere on the page have randomized two-character ids and classes with no pattern). Here's an excerpt from a line that has a timestamp to the left:</p> <pre><code>&lt;div&gt; &lt;span style="display:block;float:left;color:#888"&gt; 2:56 PM&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="display:block;padding-left:6em"&gt; &lt;span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:bold"&gt;me&lt;/span&gt;: i'm trying to think of a good way to parse gmail chat logs &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </code></pre> <p>But not every line has a timestamp, so those without one seem to place nonbreaking spaces in its place:</p> <pre><code>&lt;div&gt; &lt;span style="display:block;float:left;color:#888"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="display:block;padding-left:6em"&gt; &lt;span&gt; and reformat that into something like an xml format &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </code></pre> <p>Should I use XPath? Is there something more efficient?</p> <p>Edit:</p> <p>As data only, this is what it looks like:</p> <pre><code>12:43 AM John: Something something something. Something something something. me: Something something something? 12:44 AM Also, something something something. 12:47 AM Something something something. 12:48 AM Something something something with something something something. 12:49 AM John: Something. </code></pre>
 

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