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Last active February 16, 2018 05:46
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Download then delete files older than 14 days from Slack
import sys
import requests
import json
import calendar
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
# This script will download, then delete the non-external files older than 14 days.
_token = "" # administrator token, from https://api.slack.com/web
_project = "" # project name, from http://[project].slack.com
_timewindow = -14 # number of days
_skipExternal = True
def download_file(url):
local_filename = url.split('/')[-1]
# NOTE the stream=True parameter
r = requests.get(url, stream=True)
with open(local_filename, 'wb') as f:
for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=1024):
if chunk: # filter out keep-alive new chunks
f.write(chunk)
f.flush()
return local_filename
if __name__ == '__main__':
if not _token:
sys.stderr.write("Token is required to continue. Get it at https://api.slack.com/web. You need to be an Administrator")
sys.exit()
if not _project:
sys.stderr.write("Name of your project required to continue. It comes from the URL of your Slack messages: http://[project].slack.com")
sys.exit()
raw_input("This will download and delete the Slack files older than " + str(_timewindow * -1) + " days. Press any key to continue, or Ctrl-C to cancel")
files_list_url = 'https://slack.com/api/files.list'
date = str(calendar.timegm((datetime.now() + timedelta(_timewindow))
.utctimetuple()))
data = {
"token": _token,
"ts_to": date,
"count": 1000
}
response = requests.post(files_list_url, data = data)
for f in response.json()["files"]:
if _skipExternal and f["is_external"]:
continue
download_file(f["url_private"])
print "Deleting file " + f["name"] + "..."
timestamp = str(calendar.timegm(datetime.now().utctimetuple()))
delete_url = "https://" + _project + ".slack.com/api/files.delete?t=" + timestamp
result = requests.post(delete_url, data = {
"token": _token,
"file": f["id"],
"set_active": "true",
"_attempts": "1"})
message = result.json()
if not message["ok"]:
print message["error"]
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Will this method delete private files shared within direct messages between two users? I'm hoping this could be a solution to help our company stay within the 5GB storage limit of the free tier. Thanks!

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