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Document slackdump as alternative input source (#206)
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volker-fr authored Dec 29, 2024
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### 1) Grab your Slack team's export

#### Option 1: official Slack export
* Visit [https://my.slack.com/services/export](https://my.slack.com/services/export)
* Create an export
* Wait for it to complete
* Refresh the page and download the export (.zip file) into whatever directory

#### Option 2: slackdump
* Download slackdump from https://github.com/rusq/slackdump/
* Setup authentication as outlined in the slackdump documentation
* Run slackdump and export messages in the "Standard" format as either a directory or zip file.
* `slack-export-viewer` can also use the director without zip file.

### 2) Point `slack-export-viewer` to it

Point slack-export-viewer to the .zip file and let it do its magic
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