elibosley · March 6, 2024 03:36 · Nov 1, 2017 · Dec 26, 2014 · Dec 25, 2014 · Dec 25, 2014
diff --git a/archive-all-facebook-messages.js b/archive-all-facebook-messages.js
@@ -1,22 +1,17 @@
-function archive_all(testOnly) {
-    var someMessages, archiveButton;
-
-    if (testOnly === "undefined") { testOnly = false; }
-
-    someMessages = $("li._k- span.accessible_elem");
-    console.log("Found", someMessages.length, "messages to archive in your inbox.");
 
-    archiveButton = null;
-    someMessages.each(function () {
-        if (testOnly) {
-            console.log("*DEBUG Only* Archived:", $(this).text());
-        } else {
-            archiveButton = $(this).parent().parent().parent().prev().children()[1];
-            archiveButton.click();
-        }
-    });
+function archive_all(testOnly) {
 
+    messages = $("._5blh")
+    console.log("Found", messages.length, "messages on messsenger.");
     if (!testOnly) {
-        location.reload();
+        for (i = 0; i < messages.length; i++) {
+            try {
+                messages[i].click()// open dialog
+                $("li:contains('Archive')").last().click()
+            }
+            catch (TypeError) {
+                console.log("TypeError")
+            }
+        }
     }
-}
+}
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@ Because who doesn't have an inbox full of "I got a new phone", event-based group
 
 Surprisingly, Facebook has not implemented a way to archive many messages in your inbox.  This script provides that solution.
 
+UPDATE:
+THIS SCRIPT HAS BEEN UPDATED TO WORK AND IS TESTED AS WORKING (OCTOBER 31st, 2017 (spooky)). LET ME KNOW IF IT DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU!
+
 Quickstart
 ----------
 
 Load [Facebook Messages](https://www.facebook.com/messages/) in a new tab.
 
-Open the JavaScript console and paste [the contents of jquery.min.js](http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js) into the console.
+Open the JavaScript console and paste [the contents of jquery.min.js](https://code.jquery.com/jquery-git.min.js) into the console.
 
 Paste the contents of `archive-all-facebook-messages.js` into the console.
 
@@ -25,6 +28,6 @@ When you're ready to run for real:
 Caveats
 -------
 
-- Currently only detects the list of messages visible to the user in the page.  You can work around this by repeatedly scrolling the message list pane to the bottom until all messages are loaded.  I plan to automate this step soon.
+- Currently only detects the list of messages visible to the user in the page.  You can work around this by repeatedly scrolling the message list pane to the bottom until all messages are loaded.  I plan to automate this step soon. (Maybe)
 - There is no way to whitelist certain messages from being archived.  Currently, you can manually unarchive select messages from the archived view.
 - Sometimes the messages page remains cached after the script reloads it.  Reloading it once by hand solves this.
diff --git a/archive-all-facebook-messages.js b/archive-all-facebook-messages.js
@@ -16,5 +16,7 @@ function archive_all(testOnly) {
         }
     });
 
-    if (!testOnly) { location.reload(); }
+    if (!testOnly) {
+        location.reload();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ Caveats
 
 - Currently only detects the list of messages visible to the user in the page.  You can work around this by repeatedly scrolling the message list pane to the bottom until all messages are loaded.  I plan to automate this step soon.
 - There is no way to whitelist certain messages from being archived.  Currently, you can manually unarchive select messages from the archived view.
-- Sometimes the message page remains cached after the script reloads.  Reloading it once by hand solves this.
+- Sometimes the messages page remains cached after the script reloads it.  Reloading it once by hand solves this.
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ Caveats
 -------
 
 - Currently only detects the list of messages visible to the user in the page.  You can work around this by repeatedly scrolling the message list pane to the bottom until all messages are loaded.  I plan to automate this step soon.
-- No way to whitelist certain messages from being archived.  Currently, you can manually unarchive select messages from the archived view.
+- There is no way to whitelist certain messages from being archived.  Currently, you can manually unarchive select messages from the archived view.
+- Sometimes the message page remains cached after the script reloads.  Reloading it once by hand solves this.
diff --git a/archive-all-facebook-messages.js b/archive-all-facebook-messages.js
@@ -16,7 +16,5 @@ function archive_all(testOnly) {
         }
     });
 
-    if (!testOnly) {
-        location.reload();
-    }
+    if (!testOnly) { location.reload(); }
 }
diff --git a/archive-all-facebook-messages.js b/archive-all-facebook-messages.js
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 function archive_all(testOnly) {
-  if (typeof(testOnly) === "undefined") { testOnly = false };
+    var someMessages, archiveButton;
 
-  var someMessages = $("li._k- span.accessible_elem");
-  console.log("Found", someMessages.length, "messages to archive in your inbox.");
+    if (testOnly === "undefined") { testOnly = false; }
 
-  var archiveButton = null;
-  someMessages.each(function(){
-      if (testOnly) {
-        console.log("*DEBUG Only* Archived:", $(this).text());
-      } else {
-        archiveButton = $(this).parent().parent().parent().prev().children()[1];
-        archiveButton.click();        
-      }
-  });
+    someMessages = $("li._k- span.accessible_elem");
+    console.log("Found", someMessages.length, "messages to archive in your inbox.");
 
-  if (!testOnly) {
-    location.reload();
-  }
+    archiveButton = null;
+    someMessages.each(function () {
+        if (testOnly) {
+            console.log("*DEBUG Only* Archived:", $(this).text());
+        } else {
+            archiveButton = $(this).parent().parent().parent().prev().children()[1];
+            archiveButton.click();
+        }
+    });
+
+    if (!testOnly) {
+        location.reload();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@ Surprisingly, Facebook has not implemented a way to archive many messages in you
 Quickstart
 ----------
 
-1. Load [Facebook Messages](https://www.facebook.com/messages/) in a new tab.
+Load [Facebook Messages](https://www.facebook.com/messages/) in a new tab.
 
-2. Open the JavaScript console and paste [the contents of jquery.min.js](http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js) into the console.
+Open the JavaScript console and paste [the contents of jquery.min.js](http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js) into the console.
 
-3. Paste the contents of `archive-all-facebook-messages.js` into the console.
+Paste the contents of `archive-all-facebook-messages.js` into the console.
 
-4. If you want to only test the results before actually running the archiving, there's a param for that:
+If you want to only test the results before actually running the archiving, there's a param for that:
 
     archive_all(testOnly=true);
 
-5. When you're ready to run for real:
+When you're ready to run for real:
 
     archive_all();
 

diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@ Surprisingly, Facebook has not implemented a way to archive many messages in you
 Quickstart
 ----------
 
-Load [Facebook Messages](https://www.facebook.com/messages/) in a new tab.
+1. Load [Facebook Messages](https://www.facebook.com/messages/) in a new tab.
 
-Open the JavaScript console and paste in [the contents of jquery.min.js](http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js).
+2. Open the JavaScript console and paste [the contents of jquery.min.js](http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js) into the console.
 
-Paste the contents of `archive-all-facebook-messages.js` into the console.
+3. Paste the contents of `archive-all-facebook-messages.js` into the console.
 
-If you want to only test the results before actually running the archiving, there's a param for that:
+4. If you want to only test the results before actually running the archiving, there's a param for that:
 
     archive_all(testOnly=true);
 
-When you're ready to run for real:
+5. When you're ready to run for real:
 
     archive_all();
 

diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ Surprisingly, Facebook has not implemented a way to archive many messages in you
 Quickstart
 ----------
 
-Load https://www.facebook.com/messages/ in a new tab.
+Load [Facebook Messages](https://www.facebook.com/messages/) in a new tab.
 
-Open the JavaScript console and paste in the contents of jQuery from this file:
-http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js
+Open the JavaScript console and paste in [the contents of jquery.min.js](http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js).
 
 Paste the contents of `archive-all-facebook-messages.js` into the console.
 

diff --git a/Archive All Facebook Messags b/Archive All Facebook Messags
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.

diff --git a/archive-all.js → archive-all-facebook-messages.js b/archive-all.js → archive-all-facebook-messages.js
diff --git a/README.md → readme.md b/README.md → readme.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Load https://www.facebook.com/messages/ in a new tab.
 Open the JavaScript console and paste in the contents of jQuery from this file:
 http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js
 
-Paste the contents of `archive-all.js` into the console.
+Paste the contents of `archive-all-facebook-messages.js` into the console.
 
 If you want to only test the results before actually running the archiving, there's a param for that:
 

diff --git a/Archive All Facebook Messags b/Archive All Facebook Messags
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Facebook - Archive All Messages
+===============================
+
+Because who doesn't have an inbox full of "I got a new phone", event-based group chats, and old lingering messages in their Facebook Messages?
+
+Surprisingly, Facebook has not implemented a way to archive many messages in your inbox.  This script provides that solution.
+
+Quickstart
+----------
+
+Load https://www.facebook.com/messages/ in a new tab.
+
+Open the JavaScript console and paste in the contents of jQuery from this file:
+http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js
+
+Paste the contents of `archive-all.js` into the console.
+
+If you want to only test the results before actually running the archiving, there's a param for that:
+
+    archive_all(testOnly=true);
+
+When you're ready to run for real:
+
+    archive_all();
+
+Caveats
+-------
+
+- Currently only detects the list of messages visible to the user in the page.  You can work around this by repeatedly scrolling the message list pane to the bottom until all messages are loaded.  I plan to automate this step soon.
+- No way to whitelist certain messages from being archived.  Currently, you can manually unarchive select messages from the archived view.
diff --git a/archive-all.js b/archive-all.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+function archive_all(testOnly) {
+  if (typeof(testOnly) === "undefined") { testOnly = false };
+
+  var someMessages = $("li._k- span.accessible_elem");
+  console.log("Found", someMessages.length, "messages to archive in your inbox.");
+
+  var archiveButton = null;
+  someMessages.each(function(){
+      if (testOnly) {
+        console.log("*DEBUG Only* Archived:", $(this).text());
+      } else {
+        archiveButton = $(this).parent().parent().parent().prev().children()[1];
+        archiveButton.click();        
+      }
+  });
+
+  if (!testOnly) {
+    location.reload();
+  }
+}
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