Slack Read Export

This will show you how to use the slack-readexport bot

Use Case

If you are on a free Slack workspace, then you already know that messages are lost periodically, this is where slack-readexport comes into play export important messages can be exported to a weblink or a local text file before they disappear for good.

Demo video

See how to use here

Commands

• @readexport (export thread to webpage)
• @readexport first (export first message in thread to webpage)
• @readexport -f [filename.texttype] (export thread as a file) example @readexport -f worldtravel.doc
• @readexport -f first [filename.texttype] ('export first message', 'in thread to file') when exporting to file ignore the filename to use an autogenerated filename

How to Contribute

• Fork This repo
• git clone [repo name]
• cd [folder name]
• create database
• run npm install
• run npm run migrate
• run npm run seed
• run npm start

N:B You might need to install knex globally with npm install -g knex and do not forget to create your local .env file and put in the correct database credentails The Log folder has a file with logged output that would give error ideas

You can also test the bot and drop issues