Script for quickly delete files from Slack

delete_slack_files.rb

# Script to delete slack files starting from 7 days ago

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

api_key = "<YOUR-API-KEY-GOES-HERE>"
day_ago = 1488551417 # 7. Otherwise 30: 1486565133

user_url = "https://slack.com/api/users.list?token=#{api_key}"
uri = URI(user_url)
response = Net::HTTP.get(uri)
member_ids = JSON.parse(response)["members"].map {|res| res["id"]}

member_ids.each do |member_id|
	page = 1
	pages = 2
	while page < pages
		puts "Delete files for user #{member_id} at page #{page}"
		file_url = "https://slack.com/api/files.list?token=#{api_key}&ts_to=#{day_ago}&user=#{member_id}&page=#{page}"
		uri = URI(file_url)
		response = JSON.parse(Net::HTTP.get(uri))
		if response["ok"]
			page = response["paging"]["page"]
			pages = response["paging"]["pages"]
			file_ids = response["files"].map {|res| res["id"]}
			file_ids.each do |file_id|
				puts "Delete file #{file_id}"
				delete_url = "https://slack.com/api/files.delete?file=#{file_id}&token=#{api_key}"
				uri = URI(delete_url)
				response = Net::HTTP.get(uri)
			end
		end
	end
end