Added slack_bot

Author: avidLearnerInProgress

slack-bot/bot_slack.py

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+import os, time, re
+from parseconfig import read_config
+from slackclient import SlackClient
+
+CONFIG_FILE = 'slack.ini'
+slack_token = read_config(CONFIG_FILE)
+print(type(slack_token))
+
+sc = SlackClient(slack_token)
+print(sc)
+
+def send_slack_msg(channel = "general", msg = "empty message", attachments = []):
+    return sc.api_call(
+                    "chat.postMessage",
+                    channel = channel,
+                    text = msg,
+                    attachments = [attachments]
+                    )
+	'''
+	"chat.postMessage",
+	  channel = "general",
+	  text = "Hello from Python! :tada:",
+	  attachments = [{
+	    "fallback": "Required plain-text summary of the attachment.",
+	    "color": "#2eb886",
+	    "pretext": "Optional text that appears above the attachment block",
+	    "author_name": "Bobby Tables",
+	    "author_link": "http://flickr.com/bobby/",
+	    "author_icon": "http://flickr.com/icons/bobby.jpg",
+	    "title": "Slack API Documentation",
+	    "title_link": "https://api.slack.com/",
+	    "text": "Optional text that appears within the attachment",
+	    "fields": [{
+	      "title": "Priority",
+	      "value": "High",
+	      "short": False
+	    }],
+	    "footer": "Slack API",
+	    "footer_icon": "https://platform.slack-edge.com/img/default_application_icon.png",
+	    "ts": 123456789
+	'''
+
+def main():
+    channel = "random"
+    msg = "Hello world"
+    attachments = { "text" : "My attachments" }
+    response = send_slack_msg(channel, msg, attachments)
+    if response["ok"]:
+        print("Posted successfully.!")
+    else:
+        print(response)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()