slack-cli

Send message to Slack channel in cli as a Slack app.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.6+
• Slack App OAuth Access Token

Usage

$ slack --help
Usage: slack [OPTIONS] [SOMETHING]...

Options:
  -t, --target TEXT      Post message to target channel
  -u, --user TEXT        Send as user [USER]
  -c, --config FILENAME  Path to config file
  --help                 Show this message and exit.

Installation

Pip

$ pip3 install git+ssh://git@github.com/reverbc/slack-cli.git

Pipsi (https://github.com/mitsuhiko/pipsi)

$ pipsi install --python python3.6 git+ssh://git@github.com/reverbc/slack-cli.git

How-To

1. Copy slack-cli.json.template to ~/.slack-cli.json
2. Create Slack App
   1. Go to https://api.slack.com/apps?new_app=1 to create a new app
   2. After creation, go directly to Features/OAuth & Permissions page
   3. Add the following scopes
      • channels:read
      • chat:write:bot
   4. Install Slack app to your workspace
3. Under Features/OAuth & Permissions page, copy the OAuth Access Token and put to TOKEN of ~/.slack-cli.json
4. (Optional) Limit available channels in CHANNELS of ~/.slack-cli.json
5. Say hello, world

$ slack hello, world!