Can this be used to delete a mpdm conversation by "Channel ID" or any other method? #94
Description
I am trying to purge a user from our Slack environment, and so far I have been able to remove everything public, but at this point, I am trying to purge communications with this user in Private chats. I understand there are restrictions around this from Slack, but is it in any way possible for me to remove correspondences with myself? Can I remove myself from the private mpdm channels by the channel ID or something?
The channel.delete() function does not seem to exist and I'm not sure what else I may be able to do here, if anything at all..
===[Edit 1]===
This is as far as I have gotten. It is able to locate the messages, but it is unable to delete anything :(
for channel in s.conversations:
print(channel.id)
if str(channel.id) == 'DJQMJXXXX':
print(' ===> Found Channel!')
for msg in channel.msgs(with_replies=True):
if msg.user_id == 'UHLEQXXXX':
print(' ===> Found message! -', msg)
print(' ===> Deleting message...')
msg.delete()I am an Administrator of Slack, and I believe my bot has full permissions (permissions outlined in this ticket), but I simply get a response as such:
list msgs of deactivateduser (after=None, before=None)
===> Found message! - deactivateduser:2022-06-03T17:21:12.003709 (deactivateduser (UHLEQXXXX) Deactivated User): you too!
===> Deleting message...
xcannot delete entry: deactivateduser:2022-06-03T17:21:12.003709 (deactivateduser (UHLEQXXXX) Deactivated User): you too!: cant_delete_message*For context, DJQMJXXXX is a conversation between myself, and (deactivateduser (UHLEQXXXX) Deactivated User)
===[Edit 2]===
According to the Slack API documentation, my specific error {cant_delete_message} means:
Authenticated user does not have permission to delete this message.
... but, according to this documentation, I should be able to delete DM's of which I am a member of, so I'm a bit confused.
Is this referring to the bot's permissions? Is this because the bot I created (in terms of the token), is not a member of the private conversation? Is it as simple as add the bot to the private message group, and re-attempt to delete? 🤔
===[Edit 3]===
So, it doesn't appear possible to add this bot to the private group, as the bot doesn't register as a user. My next though was maybe API permissions, but per the link above, I've already set the appropriate permissions. 🤷♂️