Removing Old Slack Files (Ruby 1.9.3)

cleanup_slack_files.rb

require 'net/http'
require 'json'
require 'uri'

@token = ''

def list_files
  ts_to = (Time.now - 60 * 24 * 60 * 60).to_i # 60 days ago

  uri = URI.parse("https://slack.com/api/files.list?token=#{@token}&ts_to=#{ts_to}&count=1000")
  response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port,
    :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
    request = Net::HTTP::Get.new uri.request_uri
    response = http.request request # Net::HTTPResponse object
  end

  JSON.parse(response.body)['files']
end

def delete_files(file_ids)
  file_ids.each do |file_id|
    uri = URI.parse("https://slack.com/api/files.delete?token=#{@token}&file=#{file_id}")
    begin
      response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
        request = Net::HTTP::Get.new uri.request_uri
        response = http.request request # Net::HTTPResponse object
        parsed_response = JSON.parse(response.body)
        p "#{file_id}: #{parsed_response['ok']}, error: #{parsed_response['error']}"
      end
    rescue Exception => e
      p e.message
    end
  end
end


files = list_files
p "Deleting #{files.length} files..."
file_ids = files.map { |f| f['id'] }
delete_files(file_ids)
p 'Done!'