Slack Auto-Backup Script

backup-slack.sh

#! /bin/bash

cd "$(dirname "$0")"

logger="logger --stderr --id=$$ --tag slack-archive"
metadata_filename="metadata.json"

$logger "Start Backup: $(pwd)"

if [[ ! -s $metadata_filename ]]; then
  $logger --priority user.err "${metadata_filename} missing $(pwd)"
  exit 1
fi

if [[ ! -s slack-archive/.token ]] && [[ -z "${SLACK_TOKEN}" ]]; then
  $logger --priority user.err "Slack OAuth Token missing $(pwd)"
  exit 2
fi

archive_args=$( jq .arguements $metadata_filename )

$logger "CMD: $(pwd): /usr/bin/npx slack-archive ${archive_args//\"/""}"
/usr/bin/npx slack-archive ${archive_args//\"/""}
$logger "Archive Done, Committing to Git: $(pwd)"
git add -A

GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="slack-archive autocommit" GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="[email protected]" git commit -m "autocommit by slack-archive on $(hostname)"

git push

$logger "Git Commit Done: $(pwd)"

gitignore

node_modules/
slack-archive/.token
slack-archive/data_backup_*

metadata.json

{
  "arguements": "--channel-types public_channel --automatic"
}

package.json

{
  "dependencies": {
    "slack-archive": "^1.6.1"
  }
}