Python script to delete a range of messages from a slack bot, using its token

delete_slack_bot_message_range.py

import argparse
from botocore import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import slack_sdk
from slack_sdk.errors import SlackApiError


def delete_messages(token, channel_id, start_ts, end_ts, inclusive=False):
    client = slack_sdk.WebClient(token=token)

    try:
        response = client.conversations_history(
            channel=channel_id, oldest=start_ts, latest=end_ts, inclusive=inclusive
        )
        messages = response.data["messages"]

        for message in messages:
            ts = message["ts"]
            try:
                client.chat_delete(channel=channel_id, ts=ts)
                print(f"Deleted message at timestamp {ts}")
            except SlackApiError as e:
                print(
                    f"Error deleting message at timestamp {ts}: {e.response['error']}"
                )

    except SlackApiError as e:
        print(f"Error retrieving conversation history: {e.response['error']}")


def main():
    load_dotenv()
    token = os.getenv("SLACK_TOKEN")
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description="Delete a range of messages using a bot's API token."
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--channel-id", required=True, help="Channel the messages are in"
    )
    parser.add_argument("--start-ts", required=True, help="End TS")
    parser.add_argument("--end-ts", required=True, help="End TS")
    parser.add_argument(
        "--inclusive",
        action="store_true",
        default=False,
        help="Include start and end TS messages",
    )

    args = parser.parse_args()
    delete_messages(token, args.channel_id, args.start_ts, args.end_ts, args.inclusive)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()