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Delete all messages in a Slack channel
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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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