Slack Web API client 🌱🙌💕
A- Written in modern JavaScript; tested for Node and the browser
- Complete support for the Slack Web API
- Perfect symmetry: JS method signatures match Web API docs
- Choose your async adventure: all methods accept either a Node style errback or return a
Promise
- Opt into an OO style class instance that applies
token
to all methods - Well tested, CI, and Apache2 licensed
- Only one dependency:
tiny-json-http
- Tiny: 7kb browserified/minified
Install 🌟📦
npm i slack
Usage ✨🚀
slack
mirrors the published API docs exactly because its generated from those docs! The default interface are stateless functions and has remain unchanged since 1.0.0
and that will continue to be the case.
var slack = require('slack')
// logs {args:{hello:'world'}}
slack.api.test({hello:'world'}, console.log)
// :new: opt into promises
slack.api.test({nice:1}).then(console.log).catch(console.log)
Due to popular demand an OO style is supported. For an instance of Slack
all methods come prebound with the token
parameter applied.
const token = process.env.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN
const Slack = require('slack')
const bot = new Slack({token})
// logs {args:{hyper:'card'}}
bot.api.test({hyper:'card'}).then(console.log)
Using async
/await
in Node 8.x:
let token = process.env.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN
let Slack = require('slack')
let bot = new Slack({token})
;(async function main() {
// logs {args:{hyper:'card'}}
var result = await bot.api.test({hyper:'card'})
console.log(result)
})()
Choose whichever style works best for your project deployment needs and team preference.
Error Handling
Some methods (like slack.dialog.open
) provide additional context for errors through a response_metadata
object. This will be exposed as a messages
properties on the errors that are thrown.
slack.dialog.open(options).catch(err => {
console.log(err.messages)
})
Specialized Electron Support
Electron ships its own HTTP module called electron.net
which can have better performance and offers more extensive HTTP proxy handling. You can opt into Electron support by passing useElectronNet:true
to the Slack
constructor.
import {app, BrowserWindow, net} from 'electron'
import Slack from 'slack'
const slack = new Slack({useElectronNet:true})
You can setup an HTTP authentication proxy logic by passing login
to the constructor.
function login(authInfo, callback) {
callback('username', 'password')
}
const slack = new Slack({useElectronNet:true, login})
Read more about electron.net
from the source!
Test Setup 🔒🔑👈
Clone this repo and create a file called .env
in the root with the following:
SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=xxxx
SLACK_CLIENT_ID=xxxx
SLACK_CLIENT_SECRET=xxxx
You can get a SLACK_TOKEN
for testing here. You need to register an app for a SLACK_CLIENT_ID
and SLACK_CLIENT_SECRET
. The tests require the app to have the channels:history
scope. You can read about bot tokens here.
Testing 💚💚💚
👉 In Node:
npm test
👉 Or the browser:
npm run btest
Slack Web API 🎉🐝🚩
The entire Slack Web API is supported. All method signatures accept a params
object and either a Node style callback (an errback) or, if absent, it will return a Promise
. Required params are documented inline below.
slack.api.test({})
slack.apps.permissions.info({token})
slack.apps.permissions.request({token, scopes, trigger_id})
slack.apps.permissions.resources.list({token})
slack.apps.permissions.scopes.list({token})
slack.apps.permissions.users.list({token})
slack.apps.permissions.users.request({token, scopes, trigger_id, user})
slack.auth.revoke({token})
slack.auth.test({token})
slack.bots.info({token})
slack.channels.archive({token, channel})
slack.channels.create({token, name})
slack.channels.history({token, channel})
slack.channels.info({token, channel})
slack.channels.invite({token, channel, user})
slack.channels.join({token, name})
slack.channels.kick({token, channel, user})
slack.channels.leave({token, channel})
slack.channels.list({token})
slack.channels.mark({token, channel, ts})
slack.channels.rename({token, channel, name})
slack.channels.replies({token, channel, thread_ts})
slack.channels.setPurpose({token, channel, purpose})
slack.channels.setTopic({token, channel, topic})
slack.channels.unarchive({token, channel})
slack.chat.delete({token, channel, ts})
slack.chat.getPermalink({token, channel, message_ts})
slack.chat.meMessage({token, channel, text})
slack.chat.postEphemeral({token, channel, text, user})
slack.chat.postMessage({token, channel, text})
slack.chat.unfurl({token, channel, ts, unfurls})
slack.chat.update({token, channel, text, ts})
slack.conversations.archive({token, channel})
slack.conversations.close({token, channel})
slack.conversations.create({token, name})
slack.conversations.history({token, channel})
slack.conversations.info({token, channel})
slack.conversations.invite({token, channel, users})
slack.conversations.join({token, channel})
slack.conversations.kick({token, channel, user})
slack.conversations.leave({token, channel})
slack.conversations.list({token})
slack.conversations.members({token, channel})
slack.conversations.open({token})
slack.conversations.rename({token, channel, name})
slack.conversations.replies({token, channel, ts})
slack.conversations.setPurpose({token, channel, purpose})
slack.conversations.setTopic({token, channel, topic})
slack.conversations.unarchive({token, channel})
slack.dialog.open({token, dialog, trigger_id})
slack.dnd.endDnd({token})
slack.dnd.endSnooze({token})
slack.dnd.info({token})
slack.dnd.setSnooze({token, num_minutes})
slack.dnd.teamInfo({token})
slack.emoji.list({token})
slack.files.comments.add({token, comment, file})
slack.files.comments.delete({token, file, id})
slack.files.comments.edit({token, comment, file, id})
slack.files.delete({token, file})
slack.files.info({token, file})
slack.files.list({token})
slack.files.revokePublicURL({token, file})
slack.files.sharedPublicURL({token, file})
slack.files.upload({token})
slack.groups.archive({token, channel})
slack.groups.create({token, name})
slack.groups.createChild({token, channel})
slack.groups.history({token, channel})
slack.groups.info({token, channel})
slack.groups.invite({token, channel, user})
slack.groups.kick({token, channel, user})
slack.groups.leave({token, channel})
slack.groups.list({token})
slack.groups.mark({token, channel, ts})
slack.groups.open({token, channel})
slack.groups.rename({token, channel, name})
slack.groups.replies({token, channel, thread_ts})
slack.groups.setPurpose({token, channel, purpose})
slack.groups.setTopic({token, channel, topic})
slack.groups.unarchive({token, channel})
slack.im.close({token, channel})
slack.im.history({token, channel})
slack.im.list({token})
slack.im.mark({token, channel, ts})
slack.im.open({token, user})
slack.im.replies({token, channel, thread_ts})
slack.migration.exchange({token, users})
slack.mpim.close({token, channel})
slack.mpim.history({token, channel})
slack.mpim.list({token})
slack.mpim.mark({token, channel, ts})
slack.mpim.open({token, users})
slack.mpim.replies({token, channel, thread_ts})
slack.oauth.access({client_id, client_secret, code})
slack.oauth.token({client_id, client_secret, code})
slack.pins.add({token, channel})
slack.pins.list({token, channel})
slack.pins.remove({token, channel})
slack.reactions.add({token, name})
slack.reactions.get({token})
slack.reactions.list({token})
slack.reactions.remove({token, name})
slack.reminders.add({token, text, time})
slack.reminders.complete({token, reminder})
slack.reminders.delete({token, reminder})
slack.reminders.info({token, reminder})
slack.reminders.list({token})
slack.rtm.connect({token})
slack.rtm.start({token})
slack.search.all({token, query})
slack.search.files({token, query})
slack.search.messages({token, query})
slack.stars.add({token})
slack.stars.list({token})
slack.stars.remove({token})
slack.team.accessLogs({token})
slack.team.billableInfo({token})
slack.team.info({token})
slack.team.integrationLogs({token})
slack.team.profile.get({token})
slack.usergroups.create({token, name})
slack.usergroups.disable({token, usergroup})
slack.usergroups.enable({token, usergroup})
slack.usergroups.list({token})
slack.usergroups.update({token, usergroup})
slack.usergroups.users.list({token, usergroup})
slack.usergroups.users.update({token, usergroup, users})
slack.users.conversations({token})
slack.users.deletePhoto({token})
slack.users.getPresence({token, user})
slack.users.identity({token})
slack.users.info({token, user})
slack.users.list({token})
slack.users.lookupByEmail({token, email})
slack.users.profile.get({token})
slack.users.profile.set({token})
slack.users.setActive({token})
slack.users.setPhoto({token, image})
slack.users.setPresence({token, presence})
Contributing
The code for the client is generated by scraping the Slack Web API documentation. Regenerate from the latest Slack documentation by running 🏃:
npm run generate
Portions of this README are generated as well; to make edits, update readme.tmpl
and run the same command ☁️☔☀️🌻.