Get starred threads dialogs from Slack

get_slack_threads.ipynb

script.py

# coding: utf-8

# ### 1. Get your Slack token
# 
# Access https://api.slack.com/custom-integrations/legacy-tokens#legacy_token_generator, get the key for desired workspace and paste it below. 

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TOKEN = "your-token-here"

output_folder = './data'


# ### 2. Star some threads
# 
# ### 3. Run this script

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from datetime import datetime
from pathlib import Path
from re import findall
from slackclient import SlackClient


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sc = SlackClient(TOKEN)

data_path = Path(output_folder)


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users = {}

def add_user(user_id):
    user = sc.api_call("users.profile.get", user=msg["user"])["profile"]
    users[msg["user"]] = {
        "real_name": user['real_name'],
        "display_name": f"(@{user['display_name']})" if user['display_name'] else ""
    }

def clean_msg(text):
    user_handles_in_msg = findall(r"<@[^>]+>", text)

    for mention in user_handles_in_msg:
        user_id = mention.replace("<@", "").replace(">", "")
        
        add_user(user_id)
        handle = user['display_name'] or user['real_name']
        
        text = text.replace(mention, handle)
    
    return text

def print_hr(file, num=1):
    print(file=file)
    
    for _ in range(num):
        print("=" * 80, file=file)
        
    print(file=file)


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data_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

starreds = sc.api_call("stars.list")["items"]
    
for i_star, starred in enumerate(starreds):
    mess_id = "_".join(starred['message']["permalink"].split("/")[-2:])
    print(f"[{i_star+1} / {len(starreds)}] {mess_id}")

    msg = starred["message"]
    thread_ts = msg.get("thread_ts")

    with open(data_path / Path(f"{mess_id}.txt"), "w+") as f:
        text = clean_msg(msg["text"])
        
        print(text, file=f)
        print_hr(f, 2)

        if thread_ts:
            msgs = sc.api_call("conversations.replies", channel=starred["channel"], ts=thread_ts)["messages"]

            for i, msg in enumerate(msgs):
                add_user(msg["user"])

                the_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(starred["date_create"]).isoformat()

                print(f"{i+1}/{len(msgs)}", file=f)
                print(
                    f"{the_date} :: [{msg['user']}] {users[msg['user']]['real_name']} {users[msg['user']]['display_name']}",
                    file=f
                )

                text = clean_msg(msg["text"])

                print(text, file=f)
                print_hr(f)

Used Python 3.7 . For other versions, use with caution.