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owncast / owncast

Take control over your live stream video by running it yourself. Streaming + chat out of the box.
https://owncast.online
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[Feature Request] Ability to export chatlogs #1470

Closed 4censord closed 3 years ago

4censord commented 3 years ago

I would like the ability to export the chat-log.

I would personally use csv, and something along the lines of

timestamp,username,message
2021-10-12T21:40:55+02:00,4censord,[Feature Request] Ability to export chatlogs
2021-10-12T21:40:56+02:00,4censord,"With escaped commas, see"
gabek commented 3 years ago

We currently do just the opposite, we actively delete chat messages completely from the database to keep the data storage low, mostly for privacy reasons since there's no reason to warehouse old chat.

I suggest if you have your own requirement to store chat indefinitely that you take advantage of the chat webhooks, allowing you to take any kind of custom action needed.