dietah / slack-file-deleter

Delete files through the Slack API through node.js

slack-file-deleter

Delete files through the Slack API through node.js

Installing

(Requires node.js and npm)

1. Download or checkout this repo.
2. Run npm install from the folder containing the repo

Usage

Before using, you need to create an access token for your Slack at https://api.slack.com/web

Usage: ./index.js [options]

Options:

  -h, --help           output usage information
  -V, --version        output the version number
  -t, --token <token>  Your Slack API token (required)
  -x, --types <items>  A list of filetypes (e.g. "png,jpg,mp3") to delete
  -s, --size <size>    All files above the specified size will be deleted
  -d, --dry            Perform a dry run only
  -l, --list           List all files on Slack ordered by filesize

Examples

Perform a dry run deleting all files with filetypes jpg, png or gif:

./index.js -t abcd-0123456789-0123456789-0123456789-0123456abc -x jpg,png,gif -d

Delete all files larger than 100 megabytes:

./index.js -t abcd-0123456789-0123456789-0123456789-0123456abc -s 100M

List all files visible to the user associated with the token:

./index.js -t abcd-0123456789-0123456789-0123456789-0123456abc -l