Save new messages to file as they come in

Is there a way to append new messages to the end of a file for a live video as they come in? Right now it only saves when you exit. Also, trying to send the output to a file using > results in an empty file.

[xenova]

The remaining functionality has been added to the latest version of the software.

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Messages are saved as they come in (for all formats, including csv, json and text)

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What about showing AM/PM instead of 24 hour time?

The simplest way to do this would be to use the python module like this

Alternatively, you could define a custom formatting json file (e.g., example.json)

{
    "12h": {
        "template": "{time_text|timestamp}{money.text}{author.display_name|author.name}{message}",
        "keys": {
            "time_text": "{} | ",
            "timestamp": {
                "template": "{} | ",
                "format": "%I:%M %p"
            },
            "money.text": "*{}* ",
            "message": ": {}"
        }
    }
}

then you can run the program using the --format and --format_file arguments:

chat_downloader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qap5aO4i9A --format 24h --format_file example.json

which will produce output similar to:

11:40 PM | Wesley: you just lost the game 🙂
11:40 PM | Allan Ferreira: @Mia Alan Io ho 19 anni, e te?
11:40 PM | Giorgio Verzeletti: Vamo raga forza giuve siuuuuuummmm
11:41 PM | Fiore Diaz: @Leonor Meneses muy bien pa
11:41 PM | traw: Stinky monkey water
11:41 PM | Salman Amal: Who is doing their A levels?
11:41 PM | Aman Munjal: okh see ya later
11:41 PM | Leonardo: @Isabela Ramires Abri mão das minhas férias kkkk
11:41 PM | Dictionary: hi vhs

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The issue happened again, it was because the connection was lost. Is there a way to auto restart it after this happens?

Restart functionality has been added and the decoding error has also been fixed 👍

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Hi, can you add an optional arguments to disable [“Printing out badges of users in messages”]

As described above, you can now specify custom formats.

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I will, but it might take a few hours for it to happen