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"