https://github.com/ruanbekker/slack-channel-cleaner

Python Script to Remove Old Slack Messages
https://github.com/ruanbekker/slack-channel-cleaner

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Python Script to Remove Old Slack Messages

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ruanbekker/slack-channel-cleaner
• Owner: ruanbekker
• Created: 2019-07-16T22:41:45.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-07-16T22:59:00.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-01T13:47:40.299Z (25 days ago)
• Topics: python, slack, slack-bot, slack-python, slack-python-script
• Language: Python
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• Size: 4.88 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# slack-channel-cleaner

Python Script to Remove Slack Messages. 

## About

I am using a free-plan slack workspace, and I needed a way to clean some of my slack channels such as notifications, builds channels without delete/recreating them.

## Authentication

Create your app at https://api.slack.com/apps and set the application token as:

```

app_token = 'xoxo....'

```

## Usage

List your slack channels:

```

>>> slack_channels = list_channels()

>>> slack_channels

{u'system_events': u'ABCDEFGHI', u'test': u'BBCDEFGHI', ...

```

Get all the messages from the slack channel that you want to delete. The method 2 parameters, channel_id and the timestamp where it needs to start deleting from (in hours). In this case a hour from now to the last message:

```

>>> timestamps = list_message_timestamps_by_channel(slack_channels['test'], delete_from_in_hours(1))

>>> timestamps

[u'1563309768.000400', u'1563309754.000300',...

```

Pass the timestamps with the slack channel id as parameters to this method:

```

>>> delete_messages_by_batch_timestamps(slack_channels['test'], timestamps)

message deleted

message deleted

message deleted

message deleted

message deleted

message deleted

```

## Rate Limiting

The delete method uses Tier3, which gives you +- 50 calls a minute:

- https://api.slack.com/docs/rate-limits#tier_t3

I have set logic that if the list of timestamps are more than 50, it will delay 1.22 seconds between each delete call, 1 second for less than 50, more than 30 and no delay for less than 30