@rowanmanning/get-all-messages-in-a-slack-channel

Get all messages in a public Slack channel.

Requirements

This library requires the following to run:

Node.js 20+

Usage

Install alongside the Slack web API with npm:

npm install @slack/web-api @rowanmanning/get-all-messages-in-a-slack-channel

Load the library into your code with a require call (you'll also need the Slack WebClient class):

const { WebClient } = require('@slack/web-api');
const { getAllMessagesInASlackChannel } = require('@rowanmanning/get-all-messages-in-a-slack-channel');

Get all the messages in a Slack channel:

const slackWebClient = new WebClient('YOUR-SLACK-TOKEN');
const messages = await getAllMessagesInASlackChannel(slackWebClient, 'YOUR-CHANNEL-ID');

See the Slack channels.history response documentation for info on what the messages look like.

Migration

A new major version of this project is released if breaking changes are introduced. We maintain a migration guide to help users migrate between these versions.