scrape.js

const KeybaseBot = require('keybase-bot');
const fs = require('fs');

async function main() {
    // Create a new bot instance
  const bot = new KeybaseBot();
  /* now you can do things with the bot */
  await bot.initFromRunningService()
  /* now you can do things with the bot */
  // await bot.deinit() // when done


  const channels = await bot.chat.list({ filter: 'channel' });

  let this_is_the_channel = null;
  // Print the names of the channels.
  channels.forEach((channel) => {
      // console.log(channel);
      // console.log(channel.channel.name);
      if (channel.channel.name == 'uddhav,zlex7') {
        this_is_the_channel = channel;
      }
  });
  console.log(this_is_the_channel);

  const limit = 1100;
  // Set the starting point for pagination to the most recent message
  let pagination = {
    direction: 'backward',
    num: limit,
  };

  // Load the chat with the specified name
  // const chat = await bot.chat.read({name: INSERT_NAME_HERE}, pagination);
  let messages = [];

  let moreMessages = true;
  while (moreMessages) {
    // Retrieve the messages in the chat
    const result = await bot.chat.read({name: 'uddhav,zlex7'}, pagination);

    // Add the messages to the array
    messages.push(result);
    // Update the pagination cursor to the earliest message in the current batch
    pagination = {
      id: result[0].id,
      direction: 'backward',
      num: limit,
    };

    // Check if there are more messages to retrieve
    moreMessages = result.length === limit;
  }

  // for (message of chat) {
  //   messages.push(message);
  // }
  var json = JSON.stringify(messages);

  fs.writeFile('chat.json', json, (err) => {if (err) throw err;});

  // Stop the bot
  await bot.deinit();
}

main();