deleteDiscordMessages VS DiscordChatExporter

Regularly use a script like this to delete your messages.

DiscordChatExporter: https://github.com/Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter

It's a standalone program using the API in a nonstandard way but I don't think anyone's been banned for using it yet.

In case anyone is not aware, you can download Discord logs.

https://github.com/Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter

I'm sure many people are annoyed by online forums being replaced by Discord. For a while I've hoarded servers I'm a part of with this tool. It's incredible, there's even a frontend tool they also made to browse your archived servers. Over time I've helped people find deleted guides, individuals who edit/delete content to get around rules, etc. This is becoming more of a necessity as time goes on.

Discord to me is like a burning library when it comes to archiving. You can try to save somethings but servers are disappearing all the time. There's discord chat exporter to archive discords, you can have an option to save attachments/images that you have to toggle on otherwise it won't. You could set it up so you could just use your account (which is against tos) or make a bot which does need to be invited to the server in question. So there is a way to download discords, but it risks getting you banned from discord. Note that being able to open the resulting html file relies on your computer, as some exports I've done are BIG and my computer being unable to load the file and read it (and no, my computer is not bad).

Yes! DiscordChatExporter and their frontend viewer allows you to do this. Just recently backed up all of my DMs and private servers.

You can google for a third party bot service, google for open-source bots and host your own e.g. (https://github.com/Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter), or write your own.

I've never tried what you want but I've seen this application a few times. After you get the file(s) a text or url parser (no recommendation from me atm) should help you download all the media.