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Download then delete files older than 14 days from Slack
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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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