Deletes files from Slack with Python 3

slack_files_delete_python.py

import requests

TOKEN = "<YOUR_TOKEN>"


def delete(_response):
    for f in _response.json()["files"]:
        print("Deleting file " + f["name"] + "...")
        delete_url = 'https://slack.com/api/files.delete'
        res = requests.post(delete_url, data={
            "token": TOKEN,
            "file": f["id"],
            "set_active": "true",
            "_attempts": "1"})
        if res.json()['ok']:
            print("Deleted")
        else:
            print("Not deleted. Reason: " + res.json()['error'])


if __name__ == '__main__':
    files_list_url = 'https://slack.com/api/files.list'
    #data = {"token": TOKEN, "user": "<USER_ID>"}  # Delete files from specific user. To get user id: https://gist.github.com/fatihbaltaci/8dbb3765db6325ed045eb557c45a01c4
    data = {"token": TOKEN}
    response = requests.post(files_list_url, data=data)
    print("--------- FILES LIST: ----------------")
    for res in response.json()['files']:
        print(res['name'] + " - " + res['permalink'])
    delete(response)