Unable to join private group conversation

[bemoody]

I received an email saying that I was mentioned in a private group conversation ("mpdm-alice--bmoody--bob-1", I guess, is the internal identifier.)

When I open weechat, there is no buffer for this conversation. (I guess that this is due to issues #551 and/or 780).

However, when I type /slack talk alice,bob, nothing happens. No buffer is created and there is no error message.

It appears that I can create new conversations with different sets of people, but for some reason I cannot join a conversation that already exists.

[trygveaa]

Which version/commit of wee-slack are you running?

Try to enable debug mode and see if there are any messages in the core or debug buffer when you run the command.

[bemoody]

I'm using commit 64a4395 (master as of June 24).

Here's an example of the debug messages I see when I try to join an existing group (don't know if all of these are related):

15:57:19 | DEBUG: Sent {"type": "typing", "id": 5, "channel": "D0*********"}...
15:57:21 | DEBUG: RECEIVED FROM QUEUE
15:57:21 | DEBUG: stored context 86************************************** https://api.slack.com/api/conversations.open?token=xoxp-29********-*************-*************-********************************&users=U0*********%2CW0*********%2CW0*********
15:57:22 | DEBUG: RECEIVED CALLBACK with request of conversations.open id of 08************************************** and  code 0 of length 1018
15:57:22 | DEBUG: RECEIVED FROM QUEUE
15:57:22 | DEBUG: SET FROM META
15:57:22 | DEBUG: running conversationsopen
15:57:37 | DEBUG: RECEIVED FROM QUEUE
15:57:37 | DEBUG: SET FROM type
15:57:37 | DEBUG: running presence_change
15:58:11 | DEBUG: RECEIVED FROM QUEUE
15:58:12 | DEBUG: SET FROM type
15:58:12 | DEBUG: running presence_change
15:59:38 | DEBUG: RECEIVED FROM QUEUE
15:59:38 | DEBUG: SET FROM type
15:59:38 | DEBUG: running dnd_updated_user
15:59:38 | DEBUG: Callback not implemented for event: dnd_updated_user
15:59:42 | DEBUG: RECEIVED FROM QUEUE
15:59:43 | DEBUG: SET FROM type
15:59:43 | DEBUG: running dnd_updated_user
15:59:43 | DEBUG: Callback not implemented for event: dnd_updated_user

In contrast, when I try to join a group that never existed before, the stored context message is followed immediately by RECEIVED FROM QUEUE, SET FROM type, and running mpim_joined, followed by many more messages.

[trygveaa]

So nothing is printed to the core buffer?

Can you post the content that https://api.slack.com/api/conversations.open?token=xoxp-29********-*************-*************-********************************&users=U0*********%2CW0*********%2CW0********* returns? That is the url that is printed in the debug buffer when you run a /slack talk command that is not working.

[bemoody]

No, nothing shows up in the core buffer. (I do actually see an error message python: wrong arguments for function "string_remove_color" (script: slack), but that happens at startup and seems unrelated.)

Here's an example of the response when the talk command is unsuccessful:

{"ok":true,"channel":{"id":"C0*********","name":"mpdm-********--******--**********-1","is_channel":true,"is_group":false,"is_im":false,"created":1628180418,"is_archived":false,"is_general":false,"unlinked":0,"name_normalized":"mpdm-********--******--**********-1","is_shared":true,"parent_conversation":null,"creator":"U0*********","is_read_only":false,"is_thread_only":false,"is_non_threadable":false,"is_moved":0,"is_ext_shared":false,"enterprise_id":"E0*********","is_global_shared":false,"is_org_default":false,"is_org_mandatory":false,"is_org_shared":true,"shared_team_ids":[],"internal_team_ids":[],"connected_team_ids":[],"connected_limited_team_ids":[],"pending_shared":[],"pending_connected_team_ids":[],"is_pending_ext_shared":false,"is_member":true,"is_private":true,"is_mpim":true,"last_read":"0000000000.000000","is_open":true,"topic":{"value":"","creator":"","last_set":0},"purpose":{"value":"Group messaging with: @******** @****** @**********","creator":"U0*********","last_set":1628180418},"priority":0.0082929473396317}}

If the response is different when it's successful, I don't know an easy way to find that out, because it's only successful the first time (and the URL is the same each time.)

[bemoody]

Following kludge seems to allow joining conversations with /slack talk user1,user2:

--- a/wee_slack.py
+++ b/wee_slack.py
@@ -3730,6 +3731,16 @@ def handle_conversationsopen(
             "unread_count_display", 0
         )
         channel.set_unread_count_display(unread_count_display)
+    else:
+        # channel doesn't exist
+        try:
+            is_mpim = conversation_json['channel']['is_mpim']
+        except KeyError:
+            is_mpim = False
+        if is_mpim:
+            process_mpim_joined(
+                conversation_json, eventrouter, team, channel, metadata
+            )
 
 

I'm sure there is a better way to do this.

Of course this still doesn't create the buffer automatically, you need to manually invoke /slack talk with the usernames of all the people in the conversation.

[trygveaa]

This should be fixed now. Both that the buffer is not shown when you start WeeChat, and that /slack talk alice,bob doesn't work.

Please comment or open a new issue if you still experience issues.