Bulk delete files from slack that are older than 30 days.

delete-slack-files.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'net/http'
require 'json'
require 'uri'

puts " You need a slack toke for your user on the team you'd like to delete"
puts "files from. Visit the following url to get a token:"
puts
puts "https://api.slack.com/custom-integrations/legacy-tokens"
puts
print "Slack Token: "
@token = gets.strip

def list_files
  ts_to = (Time.now - 30 * 24 * 60 * 60).to_i # 30 days ago
  params = {
    token: @token,
    ts_to: ts_to,
    count: 100
  }
  uri = URI.parse('https://slack.com/api/files.list')
  uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)
  response = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
  JSON.parse(response.body)['files']
end

def delete_files(file_ids)
  file_ids.each do |file_id|
    params = {
      token: @token,
      file: file_id
    }
    uri = URI.parse('https://slack.com/api/files.delete')
    uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)
    response = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
    p "#{file_id}: #{JSON.parse(response.body)['ok']}"
  end
end

p 'Deleting files...'
100.times do
  files = list_files
  file_ids = files.map { |f| f['id'] }
  delete_files(file_ids)
end
p 'Done!'