A simple Java CLI tool to export the messages from a Rocket Chat server. It currently supports groups, channels and direct message export. You can either choose a single conversation or export all in a batch. As export format this tool only supports the Slack CSV output format as of now, but adding new output format is quite easy (check out the ExportFormat interface).
This tool uses the RocketChat API and is useful for situations where the user does not have administrative access to the server.
Provide the tool with your host URL, output file and username.
java -jar .\rocketchat-exporter.jar --host "http://my-rocket-chat.com" -o "./out" -u "[email protected]"
After that the password will be prompted. The tool will print all available channels. Choose one and the resulting export will be written to the provided file. Example output:
Please enter your RocketChat password: ************
Authentication successful (fname.lastname).
What type do you want to export:
(1) group
(2) channel
(3) direct message
Select option (1-3):
2
Please choose the channel you want to export:
(1) [ALL]
(2) channel a
(3) channel b
(4) channel c
Select option (1-4):
3
Successfully exported 122 channel messages to 'out\channel_channel-b_20190927013945.csv'
Usage: export [-hV] [--debug] [-m=<maxMessages>] [-o=<file>] -t=<host>
-u=<username>
Exports rocket chat messages from a specific group/channel.
--debug Add debug log output to STDOUT.
-h, --help Show this help message and exit.
-m, --maxMsg=<maxMessages>
How many messages should be exported.
-o, --outFile=<file> The file or directory to write the export data to.
Will write to current directory with auto generated
filename if this arg is omitted. If you want to
export multiple conversations you must pass a
directory not a file.
-t, --host=<host> The rocket chat server. E.g. 'https://myserver.com'
-u, --user=<username> RocketChat username for authentication.
-V, --version Print version information and exit.
Grab jar from the latest Release
Use the Maven wrapper to create a jar including all dependencies
mvnw clean install
This project uses my common-parent which centralized a lot of
the plugin versions as well as providing the checkstyle config rules. Specifically they are maintained
in checkstyle-config. Locally the files will be copied after
you mvnw install into your target folder and is called
target/checkstyle-checker.xml. So if you use a plugin for your IDE, use this file as your local configuration.
Copyright 2019 Patrick Favre-Bulle
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