Clean out old slack files to free up space

clean_old_slack_files.py

import os
import requests
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

# Days aged
DAYS_AGED = 30

# token from https://api.slack.com/web
TOKEN = os.environ.get('SLACK_TOKEN')  # set an env variable for slack token
ENDPOINT = 'https://slack.com/api/{}'
CUT_OFF_DATE = (datetime.now() + timedelta(-DAYS_AGED)).strftime('%s')


def grab_files():
    """
    Return all fiels older than DAYS_AGED
    """

    print "Fetching Files"

    resource = ENDPOINT.format('files.list')
    files = []
    page = 0

    while True:

        # loop through until we've fetched all pages
        page += 1
        print "Fetching Page: ", page

        data = {"token": TOKEN, "ts_to": CUT_OFF_DATE, "page": page}
        resp = requests.post(resource, data=data).json()
        files.extend(resp.get('files'))
        pages = resp.get('paging').get('pages')

        # we done?
        if page >= pages:
            break

    return files


def delete_files(files):
    """
    Remove files
    """

    resource = ENDPOINT.format('files.delete')

    for file in files:

        name = file.get('name')
        file_id = file.get('id')

        data = {"token": TOKEN, "file": file_id}
        resp = requests.post(resource, data=data).json()

        if resp.get('ok'):
            print "Deleted: ", name
        else:
            print "Error Deleted: ", name, resp.get('error')


if __name__ == '__main__':

    if TOKEN:

        files = grab_files()
        delete_files(files)

        print "Complete"

    else:
        print "You need to set a SLACK_API environment variable!"