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+API_TOKEN: str = "Nzc3MDM3NzQ0NTA5NjgxNjY1.X69myg.rIJE625KrgjUxgfn7BuoezJsEuQ" # bot token
+FILTER_TEXT: list = ["https", "is a level"] # a list of strings to match for message exclusion
+
+import os
+import discord
+import io
+import sys
+
+discordClient: discord.Client = discord.Client()
+
+currentPath: str = os.getcwd()
+outputDirPath: str = currentPath + "/out"
+print(currentPath)
+
+if (not(os.path.isdir(outputDirPath))):
+    print("output directory not found, creating it now")
+    os.mkdir(outputDirPath)
+
+outputFile: io.TextIOWrapper = open(outputDirPath + "/output.txt", "a")
+
+@discordClient.event
+async def on_message(message: discord.Message):
+    if ("$historytest" in message.content):
+        channel: discord.TextChannel = message.channel
+        messageList: list = await channel.history(oldest_first=True).flatten()
+        for currentMessage in messageList:
+            messageText: str = currentMessage.content
+            for keyword in FILTER_TEXT:
+                if (keyword in messageText.lower()):
+                    continue
+            outputFile.write(messageText + "\n")
+            print(messageText + "\n")
+        outputFile.close()
+        sys.exit()
+
+discordClient.run(API_TOKEN)
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