join.js

// This code was ai generated

const { WebClient } = require('@slack/web-api');
require("dotenv").config();

// Replace with your bot token
const token = process.env.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN; // Use an environment variable for security
const web = new WebClient(token);

async function countChannels() {
    try {
        let nextCursor; // Variable to handle pagination
        let hasMore = true; // Flag to check if there are more pages
        let totalChannelCount = 0; // Counter for total channels

        while (hasMore) {
            // Fetch the list of channels
            const result = await web.conversations.list({
                types: 'public_channel', // You can change this to include 'private_channel' if needed
                cursor: nextCursor, // Use the cursor for pagination
                limit: 100 // Optional: set a limit for how many channels to return per request
            });

            const channels = result.channels || []; // Ensure channels is an array

            // Count the total number of channels
            totalChannelCount += channels.length;

            // Log the number of channels fetched in this batch
            console.log(`Fetched ${channels.length} channels in this batch.`);

            // Check if there are more channels to fetch
            nextCursor = result.response_metadata?.next_cursor;
            hasMore = Boolean(nextCursor); // Set hasMore based on the presence of next_cursor
        }

        console.log(`Total number of channels: ${totalChannelCount}`);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error fetching channels:', error);
    }
}

// Run the function
countChannels();