Slack Exporter

Slack conversations exporter html/json

Requirements

Python 3.x
requests
jinja2

Installation

pip install -r requirements.txt
Set your slack token to env SLACK_USER_TOKEN

How To Make Slack App

To create a Slack application, open https://api.slack.com/apps in the browser.
If we are not logged in, press the Create New App button on the page that opens after logging in.
Select the From scratch option in the popup that appears.
Select the App Name and the slack workspace you want to backup and press the Create App button.
From the Basic information tab, click on the Permissions tab under Add features and functionality.
Download the page and come to the Scopes section.
Add the following permissions by clicking the Add an OAuth Scope button under User Token Scopes.
channels:history,channels:read,groups:history,groups:read,identify im:history,im:read,mpim:history,mpim:read,usergroups:read,users.profile:read users:read,users:read.email
After adding the necessary permissions, the install to workspace button under OAuth Tokens for Your Workspace becomes active.
Confirm the permissions you have given in the window that opens by clicking the button and the necessary user token is created.

Running

ps : If you have a large conversations, use --export-type=multiple_html

Single html expor

python exporter.py --export-type=single_html --directory=/tmp/

Json export

python exporter.py <slack-token> --export-type=json --directory=/tmp/

Json export with channel type

python exporter.py --export-type=json --channel-type=public_channel --directory=/tmp/

Multiple html export with channel type

python exporter.py --export-type=multiple_html --channel-type=public_channel --directory=/tmp/

Parameters

    Parameter    required/optinal   description
    --channel-type    optional        im|mpim|public_channel|private_channel. default "all"
    --directory       optional        default "current" directory
    --log-level       optional        INFO|DEBUG|WARNING, default "INFO"
    --export-type     optional        json|single_html|multiple_html, default "json"

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