download files from slack

download.py

import os
from slackclient import SlackClient
import requests
slack_token = os.environ["SLACK_API_TOKEN"]
sc = SlackClient(slack_token)

if not os.path.exists('files'):
    os.makedirs('files')

channels = sc.api_call("channels.list")["channels"]
sightings_channel = next(x for x in channels if x["name"] == "sasquatch_sightings")
channel_id = sightings_channel["id"]

files = sc.api_call("files.list", channel=channel_id, types="images", count=1000)["files"]

total = len(files)
for idx, item in enumerate(files):
    url = item["url_private_download"]
    title = item["title"]
    filetype = item["filetype"]
    if not title.endswith(f".{filetype}"):
        title = f"{title}.{filetype}"

    timestamp = item["timestamp"]
    headers = {
        "Authorization": "Bearer " + slack_token
    }
    response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, stream=True)
    response.raise_for_status()
    path = os.path.join('files', f"{timestamp}_{title}")
    print(f"downloading {idx}/{total}")
    with open(path, 'wb') as handle:
        for block in response.iter_content(1024):
            handle.write(block)
print("DONE!!!")