slackly 1.0.7

A full featured python Slack API SDK

Slackly - A Slack Toolkit

Use Cases:

• Use the slackly.SlackClient to make calls to the Web API

• Use the slackly.SlackRTMClient to listen to the Real Time Messaging API (via a websocket connection)

• Use the slackly.events and slackly.schema.types in this library to build higher level abstractions on the Slack API

!DANGER!

This library is very much in alpha and under very active development to flesh out the API. I’ll do my best to not make breaking changes, and hide most of these changes behind feature toggles that can become default in future versions. I want users and feedback, so I will do my utmost to make usage of this library as safe as can be.

Installing

$ pip install slackly

Simple Examples

Creating a Client and Making an API Call

from slackly import SlackClient
import os

client = SlackClient(token=os.environ['SLACK_TOKEN'])

# Call the api.test endpoint
client.api_call('api.test')

Creating the API object and preparing a call

from slackly import SlackAPI, SlackClient
import os
slack = SlackAPI()

# Prepare an api call. Pass "api_call" a client to get actually make the call
api_call = slack.api.test()

client = SlackClient(token=os.environ['SLACK_TOKEN'])
result = api_call(client)

Printing Events off of the Real Time Messaging API

import os
from slackly import SlackRTMClient

rtm_client = SlackRTMClient.from_token(token=os.environ['SLACK_TOKEN'])
for event in rtm_client.get_events_forever():
    print(event)

Using Event Types

import os
from slackly import SlackRTMClient, SlackEventParsed
from slackly.events import Message, UserTyping
rtm_client = SlackRTMClient.from_token(token=os.environ['SLACK_TOKEN'])
rtm_client.event_factory = SlackEventParsed  # Tell the RTM client to make events using this class

for event in rtm_client.get_events_forever():
    if isinstance(event, Message):
        print("We're dealing with a message")

    elif isinstance(event, UserTyping):
        print("Someone's typing")

    else:
        print("I don't care about this event")

Development

$ git clone https://github.com/huntcsg/slackly.git
$ cd slackly
$ tox    # Runs test suites against all python versions, pypy, does style and test coverage analysis

1. All pull requests must pass the travis-ci builds

2. All pull requests should include inline (docstring) documentation, updates to built documentation if applicable, and test coverage. This project aspires to be a 100% test coverage library.

3. If integration or regression test coverage is needed, let the project maintainer know and we can work out the best way to do so.

Changes

1.0.4

• Documentation Updates and Release stability

1.0.0

• Initial Release

Authors

Hunter Senft-Grupp