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Deletes slack public/private channel messages.
var https = require('https');
// CONFIGURATION #######################################################################################################
var token = 'SLACK TOKEN';
var channel = 'CHANNEL ID';
var privateChannel = false;
var delay = 300; // delay between delete operations in millisecond
// GLOBALS #############################################################################################################
var channelApi = privateChannel ? 'groups' : 'channels';
var baseApiUrl = 'https://slack.com/api/';
var historyApiUrl = baseApiUrl + channelApi + '.history?token=' + token + '&count=1000&channel=' + channel;
var deleteApiUrl = baseApiUrl + 'chat.delete?token=' + token + '&channel=' + channel + '&ts='
var messages = [];
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function deleteMessage() {
if (messages.length == 0) {
return;
}
var ts = messages.shift();
https.get(deleteApiUrl + ts, function (res) {
var body = '';
res.on('data', function (chunk) {
body += chunk;
});
res.on('end', function(){
var response = JSON.parse(body);
if (response.ok === true) {
console.log(ts + ' deleted!');
} else if (response.ok === false) {
messages.push(ts);
}
setTimeout(deleteMessage, delay);
});
}).on('error', function (e) {
console.log("Got an error: ", e);
});
}
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
https.get(historyApiUrl, function(res) {
var body = '';
res.on('data', function (chunk) {
body += chunk;
});
res.on('end', function () {
var response = JSON.parse(body);
for (var i = 0; i < response.messages.length; i++) {
messages.push(response.messages[i].ts);
}
deleteMessage();
});
}).on('error', function (e) {
console.log("Got an error: ", e);
});
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