I'd like to import messages from iMessage. So far I've identified the following potential mechanisms:
a) Request that the user take screenshots of portions of the conversation(s) they wish to import, then automatically import the screenshots and run OCR (high friction from user's perspective)
b) Use a commercial API like https://www.reincubate.com/labs/icloud-api/messages/ (my iCloud account was locked when I tested this out)
Neither of these are ideal. I'm wondering whether the new iMessage API might be of any help here.
My questions are:
1) From an iMessage app (edit: or alternatively, a keyboard app), are either of the following possible:
i) Read the contents of a thread
ii) Scroll and/or take screenshots in a thread
2) Is there any other mechanism of importing messages from iMessage?
Thanks!
