django-slack-utils 0.3.0

A Django app for handling Slack webhooks

# django-slack-utils [](https://travis-ci.com/startmatter/django-slack-utils) [](https://coveralls.io/github/startmatter/django-slack-utils?branch=master)

Django-slack-utils is helper application to handle Slack requests.

It supports verification through `HTTP_X_SLACK_SIGNATURE` and `HTTP_X_SLACK_REQUEST_TIMESTAMP`.

## Installation
Add the following to your `settings.py`
```python
INSTALLED_APPS = [
...
'slack_utils',
]

SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET = 'your signing secret from Slack'

```

Add the following to your `urls.py`
```python
from django.conf.urls import include
from django.urls import path

urlpatterns = [
...
path('slack/', include('slack_utils.urls')),
]

```

## Usage

### View decorator
The `@slack_view` decorator adds CSRF exempt and verification to your function-based django view.

```python
from slack_utils.decorators import slack_view
from django.http import HttpResponse

@slack_view
def sample_view(request, *args, **kwargs):
# your logic
return HttpResponse("Hello!")

```


### Class-based view

The `SlackView` base class adds CSRF exempt and verification to your class-based django view.

```python
from slack_utils.views import SlackView
from django.http import HttpResponse

class SampleView(SlackView):
def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
# your logic
return HttpResponse("Hello!")

```


### Slash commands
To handle [Slack slash commands](https://api.slack.com/slash-commands), point the command URL to `/slack/commands/`.

Now just add a handler function to `slack.py` module of your app.

```python
from slack_utils.decorators import slack_command

@slack_command('/test')
def test_command(text, **kwargs):
# your logic
return "Hello!" # or {'text': "hello!"}

```

`**kwargs`would get the rest of the data from Slack request

### Events API

Point [Slack events API](https://api.slack.com/events-api) to the `/slack/events/`.

Subscription can be done in two ways:

#### Receiver decorator
Put them into `slack.py` of your app or make sure it's loaded once.

```python
from slack_utils.decorators import slack_receiver

@slack_receiver('reaction_added')
def on_reaction_added(event_data, **kwargs):
# your logic

```

#### Signal

```python
from slack_utils.signals import event_received
from django.dispatch import receiver

@receiver(event_received)
def on_event_received(sender, event_type, event_data, **kwargs):
if event_type == 'reaction_added':
# your logic

# your other logic

```