wayslack 0.1.2

The Wayslack Machine

The Wayslack Machine: incrementally archive Slack messages and files using Slack’s team export format.

Getting Started

1. Install wayslack:

   $ pip install wayslack

2. (optional) Export your team history and unzip it: https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/201658943-Export-your-team-s-Slack-history

3. Get a token from the bottom of: https://api.slack.com/web

4. Run wayslack path/to/export/directory to create an archive if one doesn’t already exist, then download all messages and files:

   $ wayslack my-export/
   API token for my-export/ (see https://api.slack.com/web): xoxp-1234-abcd
   Processing: my-export/
   Downloading https://.../image.jpg
   #general: 10 new messages in #general (saving to my-export/_channel-C049V24HY/2016-12-19.json)
   $ ls my-export/_files/
   ...
   https%3A%2F%2F...%2Fimage.jpg

5. Optionally, create a configuration file so multiple teams can be archived easily:

   $ cat ~/.wayslack/config.yaml
   - dir: first-team/      # relative to the config file
     token: xoxp-1234-abcd # from the bottom of https://api.slack.com/web
   - dir: second-team/
     token: xoxp-9876-wxyz
   
   $ wayslack
   Processing: first-team
   ...
   Processing: second-team
   ...

IMMATURITY WARNING

WARNING: wayslack is still somewhat immature and not completely tested. Right now it will archive:

• Public messages

• Private groups

• Private messages

• All uploaded files

• All link previews

• List of channels

• List of users

But it will likely be very slow for larger (100+ user or channel) teams, doesn’t have any configuration options, and likely has bugs which will only be found with time.