delete images from slack

delete_slack_images.py

'''
delete_slack_images.py

Deletes all images from slack to free up space on free slack.

Usage:
Set your slack user token to the env variable "SLACK_TOKEN" then run like:

 python delete_slack_images.py

It will tell you how many images it's about to delete and ask for confirmation.


'''

from __future__ import print_function
import requests
import os
import sys

token = os.getenv('SLACK_TOKEN')

headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
}


def get_ids(maxpages=None):
    print("Gathering list of files to delete....")
    if maxpages is None:
        maxtries = 1000
    else:
        maxtries = maxpages
    ids = []
    currentpage = 1
    maxpages = 0
    filetype = "images"
    attempt = 0
    while True:
        attempt += 1
        if attempt > maxtries:
            break
        url = "https://slack.com/api/files.list?token=%s&types=%s&page=%s" % (token,filetype,str(currentpage))
        response = requests.get(url=url, headers=headers)

        if response.json().get('ok'):
            for thing in response.json().get("files"):
                ids.append(thing.get('id'))
            maxpages = int(response.json().get("paging").get("pages"))
            print(response.json().get("paging"))
        currentpage += 1
        if currentpage > maxpages:
            break
    return ids

def delete_ids(ids):
    oneshot = False
    for i,fid in enumerate(ids):
        print("Deleting %d of %d..." % (i+1, len(ids)))
        url = "https://slack.com/api/files.delete?token=%s&file=%s" % (token,fid)
        response = requests.post(url=url,headers=headers)
        if oneshot:
            break
    print("Done")

def main():
    #ids = get_ids(maxpages=1)
    ids = get_ids()
    print("Deleting %d images." % len(ids))
    response = raw_input("ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO DELETE ALL THESE IMAGES??!?!?!?!?  (y/n): ")
    if response.lower() == 'y':
        print("Ok, here we go...")
        delete_ids(ids)
    else:
        sys.exit(0)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

zSampleOutput.txt

GC02RQ08ZG8WPE:slackin russellendicott$ python delete_slack_images.py
Gathering list of files to delete....
{u'count': 100, u'total': 4259, u'page': 1, u'pages': 43}
Deleting 39 images.
ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO DELETE ALL THESE IMAGES??!?!?!?!?  (y/n): y
Ok, here we go...
Deleting 1 of 39...
Deleting 2 of 39...
....
Deleting 37 of 39...
Deleting 38 of 39...
Deleting 39 of 39...
Done