Python script to delete all chat messages in key base

README.md

keybase-chat-cleanup

Simple python script to delete all chat messages in your keybase account.

It shells out to the keybase CLI command to access the keybase api.

It expects you to have logged into the device where it is run with the account you wish to cleanup. It also requires python3 be installed.

Verify it is correctly setup via:

$ keybase chat ls

Then run via

python3 keybase-chat-clenaup.py USERNAME

It has been tested on OSX.

keybase-chat-clenaup.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import json
import sys
import subprocess
import time
from time import sleep

def list_conversations():
    list_json = json.dumps({"method": "list"})
    output = subprocess.check_output(["keybase", "chat", "api", "-m", list_json])
    return json.loads(output)["result"]["conversations"]

def delete_message(channel_name, message_id):
    delete_json = json.dumps(
            {"method": "delete",
                "params": {
                    "options": {
                        "channel": {"name": channel_name},
                        "message_id": message_id}}})

    output = subprocess.check_output(["keybase", "chat", "api", "-m", delete_json])
    return json.loads(output)

def list_messages(conversation_name):
    messages_json = json.dumps(
            {"method": "read",
                "params": {
                    "options": {
                        "channel": {"name": conversation_name}}}})
    output = subprocess.check_output(["keybase", "chat", "api", "-m", messages_json])
    return json.loads(output)["result"]["messages"]

def delete_all_my_messages(username):
    for c in list_conversations():
        try:
            name = c["channel"]["name"]
            print("Processing channel {}".format(name))

            for m in list_messages(name):
                message_id = m["msg"]["id"]
                channel_name = m["msg"]["channel"]["name"]
                sender_username = m["msg"]["sender"]["username"]
                content_type = m["msg"]["content"]["type"]

                # Skip messages if they were not sent by me or are already deleted
                if (sender_username != username) or (content_type == "delete"):
                    print("Skipping message '{}' from channel '{}' sent by '{}' with contenct_type '{}'.".format(message_id, channel_name, sender_username, content_type))
                    continue

                print("Deleting message '{}' from channel '{}' sent by '{}' with contenct_type '{}'.".format(message_id, channel_name, sender_username, content_type))
                res = delete_message(channel_name, message_id)
                result_message = res["result"]["message"]
                print("Result for '{}' '{}': '{}'.".format(message_id, channel_name, result_message))
        except Exception as e:
            print("Error: {}".format(e))
            continue

def run():
    if (len(sys.argv) < 2):
        print("Usage {} USERNAME".format(sys.argv[0]))
        sys.exit(1)
    username = sys.argv[1]
    delete_all_my_messages(username)

run()