Inspired on this Python script: https://www.shiftedup.com/2014/11/13/how-to-bulk-remove-files-from-slack
Translated to coffeescript and added asynchronous method
They stop returning files after a few files deleted, so I added a cooling down system that waits untill slack returns more items
| ###* | |
| * Confugure HERE | |
| ### | |
| token = "Slack-Token" #Slack token | |
| domain = "myTeamName" #Your team name | |
| maxCool = 10 #Max retries to get files list | |
| days = 7 #Keep this days of files | |
| ###* | |
| * Stop editing | |
| ### | |
| request = require 'request' | |
| async = require 'async' | |
| cool = 1 | |
| dateTo = new Date() | |
| dateTo.setDate(dateTo.getDate()-days) | |
| dateTo = ~~(dateTo.getTime()/1000) | |
| qq = async.queue (doIt, cb)-> | |
| request.post "https://slack.com/api/files.list?t=#{new Date().getTime()}", { | |
| form:{ | |
| token:token, | |
| ts_to:dateTo | |
| ts_from:0 | |
| } | |
| ,json:true | |
| }, (err,data,body)-> | |
| ids = body.files.map (e)-> e.id | |
| q = async.queue (task,callback)-> | |
| request.post "https://#{domain}.slack.com/api/files.delete?t=#{new Date().getTime()}", { | |
| form:{ | |
| token : token | |
| file : task | |
| }, | |
| json:true | |
| },(err2,data2,body2)-> | |
| throw err2 if err2 | |
| console.log "#{task} File status: #{body2.ok}" | |
| callback() | |
| ,10 | |
| q.drain = -> | |
| if q.running() + q.length() is 0 | |
| cb() | |
| cool = 1 if ids.length > 0 | |
| q.push ids | |
| ,1 | |
| qq.drain = -> | |
| if qq.running()+qq.length() is 0 | |
| if cool >= maxCool | |
| console.log 'Waited enough cooling time, bye' | |
| process.exit 0 | |
| else | |
| console.log 'Cooling down 5 seconds' | |
| setTimeout -> | |
| qq.push true | |
| ,5000 | |
| cool++ | |
| qq.push true |