Download all files from a Slack workspace export folder.

slack-files-downloader.sh

#!/bin/bash 
#
# This script will browse a Slack export folder and download all files in a new /export folder
# 
# HOW TO:
# 1. As a Workspace admin, download an export of your Slack history (https://www.slack.com/services/export) 
# 2. Make sure you have jq installed (https://stedolan.github.io/jq/)
# 3. Place this file at the root of your Slack export folder, next to channels.json
# 4. Run `bash slack-files-downloader.sh` in your terminal
#
# OPTIONS
# -o Overwrite files if they already exist in destination folder, otherwise skip them.
# -s Do not show message when a file is skipped


while getopts "os" flag
do
    case $flag in
        o) overwrite=true;;
        s) silent=true;;
    esac
done

printf "\nSelect one specific file type to download or leave empty for any (e.g. mp3, binary, jpg, png):\n"
read usertype

printf "\nSelect a channel to look into or leave empty for all channels:\n"
read userchannel

for channel in $(cat channels.json | jq -rc '.[].name')
do
	if [[ $channel == $userchannel ]] || [[ -z $userchannel ]]
	then
		printf "\n============================================\nLooking into #$channel...\n============================================\n"

		for file in "$channel"/*.json
		do
			for a in $(cat $file | jq -c '.[].files[0] | [.title, .url_private_download, .filetype, .timestamp] | del(..|nulls)' | sed 's/ //g')
			do
				filetype=$(echo $a | jq -r '.[2]')

				if [[ $filetype == $usertype ]] || [[ -z $usertype ]] || [[ -z $filetype ]]
				then
					filename_raw=$(echo $a | jq -r '.[0]')
					
					filename=$(echo $filename_raw | sed -e 'y/āáǎàçēéěèīíǐìōóǒòūúǔùǖǘǚǜüĀÁǍÀĒÉĚÈĪÍǏÌŌÓǑÒŪÚǓÙǕǗǙǛÜ/aaaaceeeeiiiioooouuuuuuuuuAAAAEEEEIIIIOOOOUUUUUUUUU/')
					filename="${filename##*/}"
					
					if [[ ! -z $filename_raw  ]] && [[ $filename_raw != "null"  ]] 
					then		
						ts=$(echo $a | jq -r '.[3]')
						year=$(date -r $ts '+%Y')
						month=$(date -r $ts '+%m')

						# prefix filenames with date/time, as the same filename could be used
						# multiple times in different slack messages with different file contents.
						datetime=$(date -r $ts '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')
						filename="${datetime}-${filename}"
        
						if [ -f "export/$channel/$year/$month/$filename" ] && [[ $overwrite != true ]]
						then
							if [[ $silent != true ]]
							then
								printf "$filename already exists in destination folder. Skipping!\n"
							fi
							continue
						fi
						
						printf "Downloading $filename...\n"
							
						mkdir -p export/$channel/$year/$month

						url=$(echo $a | jq -rc '.[1]')
						
						
						printf "downloading to export/$channel/$year/$month/$filename with $ts\n"            
						curl --progress-bar $url -o "export/$channel/$year/$month/$filename"
					fi
				fi
			done
		done
	fi
done