clear-slack-channel

A nodejs tool for clearing all messages in a Slack channel

Installation

• Setup an OAuth token for your own Slack app. Read More
• Create a config.json file in the same directory as clear.js containing your token:

{
	"oauth_token": "xoxp-[YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN]"
}

• npm install to install modules

Run

To run the command:

node clear channel-name

Notes

This tool is sensitive to Slack's rate limits:

conversations.list = 20 requests per minute
conversations.history = 50 requests per minute
chat.delete = 50 requests per minute