blockkit 1.1.0

A fast way to build Block Kit interfaces in Python.

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Blockkit is a Python library for building UI interfaces for Slack apps. It allows you to compose the interface from Python classes, so you type less, and your code becomes more maintainable.

Blockkit performs validation at runtime and provides user-friendly errors when data is invalid.

Generate

You don't even need to write code yourself. Go to blockkit-generator.com paste your JSON payload from Block Kit Builder and get corresponding Python code!

Installation

pip install blockkit

Usage

Start with one of the Home, Modal, or Message surface classes and follow the structure as you would follow it in JSON.

The library supports all types of surfaces, blocks, block elements, and composition objects Slack provides.

Once UI is ready, call the build() method to render components to dictionary:

from blockkit import Section, MarkdownText

Section(text=MarkdownText(text="hello world")).build()

{"type": "section", "text": {"text": "hello world", "type": "mrkdwn"}}

Here's the list of types of components and corresponding classes:

Surfaces

Type	Class
home	Home
modal	Modal
	Message

Blocks

Type	Class
actions	Actions
context	Context
divider	Divider
header	Header
image	ImageBlock
input	Input
section	Section

Block elements

Type	Class
button	Button
checkboxes	Checkboxes
datepicker	DatePicker
type	Image
multi_static_select	MultiStaticSelect
multi_users_select	MultiUsersSelect
multi_channels_select	MultiChannelsSelect
multi_conversations_select	MultiConversationsSelect
multi_external_select	MultiExternalSelect
overflow	Overflow
plain_text_input	PlainTextInput
radio_buttons	RadioButtons
static_select	StaticSelect
users_select	UsersSelect
channels_select	ChannelsSelect
conversations_select	ConversationsSelect
external_select	ExternalSelect
timepicker	Timepicker

Composition objects

Type	Class
plain_text	PlainText
mrkdwn	MarkdownText
	Confirm
	Option
	OptionGroup
	Filter
	DispatchActionConfig

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

MIT