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Created November 2, 2017 23:45
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download files from slack
import os
from slackclient import SlackClient
import requests
slack_token = os.environ["SLACK_API_TOKEN"]
sc = SlackClient(slack_token)
if not os.path.exists('files'):
os.makedirs('files')
channels = sc.api_call("channels.list")["channels"]
sightings_channel = next(x for x in channels if x["name"] == "sasquatch_sightings")
channel_id = sightings_channel["id"]
files = sc.api_call("files.list", channel=channel_id, types="images", count=1000)["files"]
total = len(files)
for idx, item in enumerate(files):
url = item["url_private_download"]
title = item["title"]
filetype = item["filetype"]
if not title.endswith(f".{filetype}"):
title = f"{title}.{filetype}"
timestamp = item["timestamp"]
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer " + slack_token
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, stream=True)
response.raise_for_status()
path = os.path.join('files', f"{timestamp}_{title}")
print(f"downloading {idx}/{total}")
with open(path, 'wb') as handle:
for block in response.iter_content(1024):
handle.write(block)
print("DONE!!!")
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