https://github.com/chrislgarry/slackterminator

Simple script to delete all of the messages in a slack channel.
https://github.com/chrislgarry/slackterminator

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Simple script to delete all of the messages in a slack channel.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/chrislgarry/slackterminator
• Owner: chrislgarry
• Created: 2017-07-20T05:17:01.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: chrislgarry-dev
• Last Pushed: 2017-07-26T06:10:07.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-01T20:49:14.354Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: delete, messages, slack, slack-api
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 5.86 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# SlackTerminator

Delete all of the messages in a Slack channel.

# Dependencies

1. [Slack Python SDK](https://github.com/slackapi/python-slackclient), Slack API token with permissions (see below).

2. [Python](https://www.python.org/)

This script was developed and tested with Slack Python SDK version ```1.0.6```, Python version ```2.7.13```.

# Slack Permissions

The Slack app tied to the API token must have the necessary permissions for channels.list (to find the ID of the channel), channels.history (get all messages from the channel), and chat.delete (delete messages from the channel).

# Install

1. Install [Slack Python SDK](https://github.com/slackapi/python-slackclient).

2. Clone this repo.

# Usage

In this repo, from commandline:

```

export SLACK_API_TOKEN=

user$ python slackterminator.py --help

usage: slackterminator.py [-h] --channel_name 

Delete all messages from a given Slack channel.

optional arguments:

  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

  --channel_name 

                        The name of the Slack channel to delete all messages

                        in.

```