Script to delete files uploaded to Slack.

slack_files_delete.py

# This code is taken from these blog.
# https://www.shiftedup.com/2014/11/13/how-to-bulk-remove-files-from-slack
# http://qiita.com/sotayamashita/items/cb811f512162e61f56f4
#
# And I am changing the implementation a little.
# (It got to get arguments, and modify for Python 3)

import requests
import json
import calendar
import sys
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

def files_delete(token, domain, day):
    while 1:
        files_list_url = 'https://slack.com/api/files.list'
        date = str(calendar.timegm((datetime.now() + timedelta(int(day)))
            .utctimetuple()))
        data = {"token": token, "ts_to": date}
        response = requests.post(files_list_url, data = data)
        if len(response.json()["files"]) == 0:
            break
        for f in response.json()["files"]:
            print("Deleting file " + f["name"] + "...")
            timestamp = str(calendar.timegm(datetime.now().utctimetuple()))
            delete_url = "https://" + domain + ".slack.com/api/files.delete?t=" + timestamp
            requests.post(delete_url, data = {
                "token": token,
                "file": f["id"],
                "set_active": "true",
                "_attempts": "1"})
    print("DONE!")

if __name__ == '__main__':
    args = sys.argv
    if len(args) != 4:
        print("Oops! Execution failed! Please check the execution method.")
        print("python slack_file_delete.py {your token} {target domain} {target days ago?}")
        exit()
    else:
        print("file delete start...")
        print("-----> your token : ",args[1])
        print("-----> target domain : ", args[2])
        print("-----> target days ago? : ", args[3])
        files_delete(args[1], args[2], args[3])