slack-sdk
The Slack API Platform SDK for Python
Description
The Slack platform offers several APIs to build apps. Each Slack API delivers part of the capabilities from the platform, so that you can pick just those that fit for your needs. This SDK offers a corresponding package for each of Slack’s APIs. They are small and powerful when used independently, and work seamlessly when used together, too.
Comprehensive documentation on using the Slack Python can be found at https://docs.slack.dev/tools/python-slack-sdk/
Whether you're building a custom app for your team, or integrating a third party service into your Slack workflows, Slack Developer Kit for Python allows you to leverage the flexibility of Python to get your project up and running as quickly as possible.
The Python Slack SDK allows interaction with:
slack_sdk.web: for calling the [Web API methods][api-methods]slack_sdk.webhook: for utilizing the Incoming Webhooks andresponse_urls in payloadsslack_sdk.signature: for verifying incoming requests from the Slack API serverslack_sdk.socket_mode: for receiving and sending messages over Socket Mode connectionsslack_sdk.audit_logs: for utilizing Audit Logs APIsslack_sdk.scim: for utilizing SCIM APIsslack_sdk.oauth: for implementing the Slack OAuth flowslack_sdk.models: for constructing Block Kit UI components using easy-to-use buildersslack_sdk.rtm: for utilizing the [RTM API][rtm-docs]
If you want to use our [Events API][events-docs] and Interactivity features, please check the [Bolt for Python][bolt-python] library. Details on the Tokens and Authentication can be found in our Auth Guide.
slackclient is in maintenance mode
Are you looking for slackclient? The slackclient project is in maintenance mode now and this slack_sdk is the successor. If you have time to make a migration to slack_sdk v3, please follow our migration guide to ensure your app continues working after updating.
Table of contents
- Requirements
- Installation
- Getting started tutorial
- Basic Usage of the Web Client
- Async usage
- Advanced Options
- Migrating from v1
- Support
- Development
Requirements
This library requires Python 3.7 and above. If you're unsure how to check what version of Python you're on, you can check it using the following:
Note: You may need to use
python3before your commands to ensure you use the correct Python path. e.g.python3 --version
python --version
-- or --
python3 --version
Installation
We recommend using [PyPI][pypi] to install the Slack Developer Kit for Python.
$ pip install slack_sdk
Getting started tutorial
We've created this tutorial to build a basic Slack app in less than 10 minutes. It requires some general programming knowledge, and Python basics. It focuses on the interacting with the Slack Web API and RTM API. Use it to give you an idea of how to use this SDK.
Read the tutorial to get started!
Basic Usage of the Web Client
Slack provide a Web API that gives you the ability to build applications that interact with Slack in a variety of ways. This Development Kit is a module based wrapper that makes interaction with that API easier. We have a basic example here with some of the more common uses but a full list of the available methods are available [here][api-methods]. More detailed examples can be found in our guide.
Sending a message to Slack
One of the most common use-cases is sending a message to Slack. If you want to send a message as your app, or as a user, this method can do both. In our examples, we specify the channel name, however it is recommended to use the channel_id where possible. Also, if your app's bot user is not in a channel yet, invite the bot user before running the code snippet (or add chat:write.public to Bot Token Scopes for posting in any public channels).
import os
from slack_sdk import WebClient
from slack_sdk.errors import SlackApiError
client = WebClient(token=os.environ['SLACK_BOT_TOKEN'])
try:
response = client.chat_postMessage(channel='#random', text="Hello world!")
assert response["message"]["text"] == "Hello world!"
except SlackApiError as e:
# You will get a SlackApiError if "ok" is False
assert e.response["ok"] is False
assert e.response["error"] # str like 'invalid_auth', 'channel_not_found'
print(f"Got an error: {e.response['error']}")
# Also receive a corresponding status_code
assert isinstance(e.response.status_code, int)
print(f"Received a response status_code: {e.response.status_code}")
Here we also ensure that the response back from Slack is a successful one and that the message is the one we sent by using the assert statement.
Uploading files to Slack
We've changed the process for uploading files to Slack to be much easier and straight forward. You can now just include a path to the file directly in the API call and upload it that way.
import os
from slack_sdk import WebClient
from slack_sdk.errors import SlackApiError
client = WebClient(token=os.environ['SLACK_BOT_TOKEN'])
try:
filepath="./tmp.txt"
response = client.files_upload_v2(channel='C0123456789', file=filepath)
assert response["file"] # the uploaded file
except SlackApiError as e:
# You will get a SlackApiError if "ok" is False
assert e.response["ok"] is False
assert e.response["error"] # str like 'invalid_auth', 'channel_not_found'
print(f"Got an error: {e.response['error']}")
More details on the files_upload_v2 method can be found [here][files_upload_v2].
Async usage
AsyncWebClient in this SDK requires [AIOHttp][aiohttp] under the hood for asynchronous requests.
AsyncWebClient in a script
import asyncio
import os
from slack_sdk.web.async_client import AsyncWebClient
from slack_sdk.errors import SlackApiError
client = AsyncWebClient(token=os.environ['SLACK_BOT_TOKEN'])
async def post_message():
try:
response = await client.chat_postMessage(channel='#random', text="Hello world!")
assert response["message"]["text"] == "Hello world!"
except SlackApiError as e:
assert e.response["ok"] is False
assert e.response["error"] # str like 'invalid_auth', 'channel_not_found'
print(f"Got an error: {e.response['error']}")
asyncio.run(post_message())
AsyncWebClient in a framework
If you are using a framework invoking the asyncio event loop like : sanic/jupyter notebook/etc.
import os
from slack_sdk.web.async_client import AsyncWebClient
from slack_sdk.errors import SlackApiError
client = AsyncWebClient(token=os.environ['SLACK_BOT_TOKEN'])
# Define this as an async function
async def send_to_slack(channel, text):
try:
# Don't forget to have await as the client returns asyncio.Future
response = await client.chat_postMessage(channel=channel, text=text)
assert response["message"]["text"] == text
except SlackApiError as e:
assert e.response["ok"] is False
assert e.response["error"] # str like 'invalid_auth', 'channel_not_found'
raise e
from aiohttp import web
async def handle_requests(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
text = 'Hello World!'
if 'text' in request.query:
text = "\t".join(request.query.getall("text"))
try:
await send_to_slack(channel="#random", text=text)
return web.json_response(data={'message': 'Done!'})
except SlackApiError as e: