slack-status

PyGTK application for easy Slack status switching via your notification area.

Designed for and tested on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with Unity. Probably works with other GTK 3 desktop environments, but I really have no idea.

Screenshot

Requirements

• Python 3
• slackclient from PyPi
• python3-gi from Ubuntu (apt-get install python3-gi)

Usage

1. Clone this repository
2. Create a new Slack app
   • Add the emoji:read and users.profile:write scopes
   • Jot down the OAuth token for the next step
3. Copy config.json.example to config.json and edit the following:
   • Change slack_token to contain your OAuth token
   • Add/edit/remove the statuses to suit your needs. The text and emoji keys must be present; text can be an empty string.
4. Run app.py!

Limitations

• This only supports a single Slack workspace
• Status changes made in Slack will not update here
• Slack's default emojis can be used in your config.json but won't appear in the menu
• Animated GIFs won't appear in the menu - this is likely a limitation of GTK