Node Slack File Downloader

Node Slack File Downloader is a command-line tool that recursively scans a directory for JSON files exported from Slack and downloads any files referenced in them.

Installation

You can install this tool globally using npm:

npm install -g node-slack-file-downloader

Or, if you've cloned the repository:

pnpm i
chmod +x ./index.js
./index.js -d /path/to/directory

If no directory is specified, it will use the current working directory.

Options

• -d, --dir: Specify the directory to scan for JSON files (default: current working directory)
• --help: Show help information

How it works

1. Export your Slack workspace data
2. The tool recursively scans the specified directory for all JSON files.
3. For each JSON file found, it parses the content and looks for file entries.
4. When it finds a file entry with a url_private_download, it downloads the file to the same directory as the JSON file.

Requirements

• Node.js (version 18 or higher recommended)

Dependencies

• node-fetch: For downloading files
• glob: For recursive file searching
• yargs: For parsing command-line arguments

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Contributing

Feel free to fork. This was a one of project to quickly download some old Slack workspace files. I don't plan on maintaining it unless I need to use it again.