Nodejslack

Start using Slack's Web API in an easy way through this Node.js library.

Also, this library is built using the Promises pattern, powered by Bluebird .

Installation

npm install nodejslack

Methods

Bots

• getBotInfo(id) (return: promise) - Gets information about a Bot

Channels

• archiveChannel(id) (return: promise) - Archives a channel,
• createChannel(name) (return: promise) - Creates a channel,
• getChannelHistory(data) (return: promise) - Gets the history of a channel,
• getChannelInfo(id) (return: promise) - Gets info of a channel,
• inviteUserToChannel(channelId, userId) (return: promise) - Invites a user to a channel,
• joinChannel(channelName) (return: promise) - Join(user) to a channel,
• kickUserFromChannel(channelId, userId) (return: promise) - Kicks a user from a channel,
• leaveChannelfunction(channelId) (return: promise) - Leaves a channel,
• getChannels() (return: promise) - Get all channels,
• markChannel(channelId, ts) (return: promise) - Moves the read cursor in a channel,
• renameChannel(channelId, name) (return: promise) - Renames a channel,
• setPurposeChannel(channelId, purpose) (return: promise) - Sets a purpose of a channel,
• setTopicChannel(channelId, topic) (return: promise) - Sets a topic of a channel,
• unarchiveChannel(channelId) (return: promise) - Unarchives a channel

Chats

• meMessage(channelId, text) (return: promise) - Sends a me message to a channel from the calling user,
• deleteMessage(ts, channelId, asUser) (return: promise) - Deletes a message,
• postMessage(data) (return: promise) - Posts a message,
• updateMessage(data) (return: promise) - Updates a message

dnd(Do not Disturb)

• endDnd() (return: promise) - Ends dnd(Do not disturb) mode,
• endSnooze() (return: promise) - Ends Snooze mode,
• dndInfo(user) (return: promise) - Provides information about a user's current Do Not Disturb settings,
• setSnooze(minutes) (return: promise) - Sets Snooze mode,
• dndTeamInfo(users) (return: promise) - Provides information about a Team's Do Not Disturb settings

Emoji

• getEmojiList() (return: promise) - Gets Emoji List

Files

• fileUpload(params) (return: promise) - uploads a file,
• getFilesList(params) (return: promise) - returns a list of uploaded files,
• getFileInfo(id, count, page) (return: promise) - returns informations about the specified file
• deleteFile(id) (return: promise) - Delete specified file
• fileRevokePublicURL(id) (return: promise) - Disables public URL the specified file
• fileEnablePublicURL(id) (return: promise) - Enables public URL the specified file

Files.comment

• fileAddComment(id, comment) (return: promise) - Add a comment to a file,
• fileEditComment(id, fileId, comment) (return: promise) - Edit an existing comment about a file
• fileDeleteComment(id, fileId) (return: promise) - Delete a comment about a file

Users

• deleteUserPhoto() (return: promise) - Deletes a photo from the user's profile,
• getUserPresence(id) (return: promise) - Gets user's presence,
• getUserIdentity() (return: promise) - Gets user's identity,
• getUserInfo(id) (return: promise) - Gets user's info,
• getUsersList() (return: promise) - Gets all users,
• setUserActive() (return: promise) - Sets user's as active,
• setUserPhoto(data) (return: promise) - Sets a photo to the user's profile,
• setUserPresence(presence) (return: promise) - Sets user's presence(Either "auto" or "away")

Usage

slack.fileUpload(params)

var Slack = require('nodejslack');
var fs = require('fs');
var SLACK_TOKEN = process.env.SLACK_TOKEN || 'YOUR_GENERATED_SLACK_TOKEN';
 
var slack = new Slack(SLACK_TOKEN);
 
var form = {
  file: fs.createReadStream('test.csv'), // Optional, via multipart/form-data. If omitting this parameter, you MUST submit content
  // content: 'Your text here', // Optional, File contents. If omitting this parameter, you must provide a `file` 
  filename: 'test.csv', // Required 
  fileType: 'post', // Optional, See more file types in https://api.slack.com/types/file#file_types
  title: 'Title of your file!', // Optional
  initial_comment: 'First comment about this file.', // Optional
  channels: 'general' //Optional, If you want to put more than one channel, separate using comma, example: 'general,random'
};
 
slack.fileUpload(form)
.then(function(response){
 
    // Slack sends a json with a boolean var ok. 
    // Error example : data = { ok: false, error: 'user_not_found' }
    // Error example : data = { ok: true, file: 'user_not_found' }
    if(!response || !response.ok){
        return Promise.reject(new Error('Something wrong happened during the upload.'));
    }
    console.log('Uploaded Successfully:',response);
 
    return Promise.resolve(response);
})
.catch(function(err){
    return err;
});

slack.getFilesList(params)

var Slack = require('nodejslack');
var fs = require('fs');
var SLACK_TOKEN = process.env.SLACK_TOKEN || 'YOUR_GENERATED_SLACK_TOKEN';
 
var slack = new Slack(SLACK_TOKEN);
 
var form = {
  user: 'USER_ID', // Optional, User ID
  channel: 'CHANNEL_ID', // Optional, Channel ID
  ts_from: 342353452342, // Optional, Filter(Unix Timestamp) files created after this timestamp (inclusive).
  ts_to: 342353452342, // Optional, Filter(Unix Timestamp) files created before this timestamp (inclusive).
  types: 'zips,pdfs', // Optional, Filter files by type: all, spaces, snippets, images, gdocs, zips, pdfs.
  count: 20 // Optional, default: 100
  page: 2 // Optional, default: 1
};
 
slack.getFilesList(form)
.then(function(response){
 
    // Slack sends a json with a boolean var ok. 
    // Error example : data = { ok: false, error: 'user_not_found' }
    // Error example : data = { ok: true, file: 'user_not_found' }
    if(!response || !response.ok){
        return Promise.reject(new Error('Something wrong happened during the request.'));
    }
    console.log('List of files:',response);
 
    return Promise.resolve(response);
})
.catch(function(err){
    return err;
});

slack.getFileInfo(id, count, page)

var Slack = require('nodejslack');
var fs = require('fs');
var SLACK_TOKEN = process.env.SLACK_TOKEN || 'YOUR_GENERATED_SLACK_TOKEN';
 
var slack = new Slack(SLACK_TOKEN);
 
 
var fileId = 'UH45344543'; // File ID
var count = 20; // Optional, Number of items to return per page.
var page = 2; // Optional, Page number of results to return.
 
slack.getFileInfo(fileId, count, page)
.then(function(response){
 
    // Slack sends a json with a boolean var ok. 
    // Error example : data = { ok: false, error: 'user_not_found' }
    // Error example : data = { ok: true, file: 'user_not_found' }
    if(!response || !response.ok){
        return Promise.reject(new Error('Something wrong happened during the request.'));
    }
    console.log('File Info:',response);
 
    return Promise.resolve(response);
})
.catch(function(err){
    return err;
});

slack.deleteFile(id)

var Slack = require('nodejslack');
var fs = require('fs');
var SLACK_TOKEN = process.env.SLACK_TOKEN || 'YOUR_GENERATED_SLACK_TOKEN';
 
var slack = new Slack(SLACK_TOKEN);
 
 
var fileId = 'UH45344543'; // File ID
 
slack.deleteFile(fileId)
.then(function(response){
 
    // Slack sends a json with a boolean var ok. 
    // Error example : data = { ok: false, error: 'user_not_found' }
    // Error example : data = { ok: true, file: 'user_not_found' }
    if(!response || !response.ok){
        return Promise.reject(new Error('Something wrong happened during the request.'));
    }
    console.log('File successfully deleted:',response);
 
    return Promise.resolve(response);
})
.catch(function(err){
    return err;
});

slack.fileRevokePublicURL(id)

var Slack = require('nodejslack');
var fs = require('fs');
var SLACK_TOKEN = process.env.SLACK_TOKEN || 'YOUR_GENERATED_SLACK_TOKEN';
 
var slack = new Slack(SLACK_TOKEN);
 
 
var fileId = 'UH45344543'; // File ID
 
slack.fileRevokePublicURL(fileId)
.then(function(response){
 
    // Slack sends a json with a boolean var ok. 
    // Error example : data = { ok: false, error: 'user_not_found' }
    // Error example : data = { ok: true, file: 'user_not_found' }
    if(!response || !response.ok){
        return Promise.reject(new Error('Something wrong happened during the request.'));
    }
    console.log('File URL successfully disabled:',response);
 
    return Promise.resolve(response);
})
.catch(function(err){
    return err;
});

slack.fileEnablePublicURL(id)

var Slack = require('nodejslack');
var fs = require('fs');
var SLACK_TOKEN = process.env.SLACK_TOKEN || 'YOUR_GENERATED_SLACK_TOKEN';
 
var slack = new Slack(SLACK_TOKEN);
 
 
var fileId = 'UH45344543'; // File ID
 
slack.fileEnablePublicURL(fileId)
.then(function(response){
 
    // Slack sends a json with a boolean var ok. 
    // Error example : data = { ok: false, error: 'user_not_found' }
    // Error example : data = { ok: true, file: 'user_not_found' }
    if(!response || !response.ok){
        return Promise.reject(new Error('Something wrong happened during the request.'));
    }
    console.log('File URL successfully enabled:',response);
 
    return Promise.resolve(response);
})
.catch(function(err){
    return err;
});

• fileAddComment(id, comment) (return: promise) - Add a comment to a file,
• fileEditComment(id, fileId, comment) (return: promise) - Edit an existing comment about a file
• fileDeleteComment(id, fileId) (return: promise) - Delete a comment about a file

slack.fileAddComment(id, comment) + slack.fileEditComment(id, fileId, comment) + slack.fileDeleteComment(id, fileId)

var Slack = require('nodejslack');
var fs = require('fs');
var SLACK_TOKEN = process.env.SLACK_TOKEN || 'YOUR_GENERATED_SLACK_TOKEN';
 
var slack = new Slack(SLACK_TOKEN);
 
 
var fileId = 'UH45344543'; // File ID
 
slack.fileAddComment(fileId, 'New Comment being added')
.then(function(answer){
    if (!answer.ok && answer.error) {
        return Promise.reject(new Error(answer.error));
    }
    console.log('Comment Added:',answer);
    
    return slack.fileEditComment(answer.comment.id, fileId, 'New Comment being edited');
})
.then(function(answer){
    if (!answer.ok && answer.error) {
        return Promise.reject(new Error(answer.error));
    }
    console.log('Comment Edited:',answer);
    
    return slack.fileDeleteComment(answer.comment.id, fileId);
})
 
.then(function(answer){
    if (!answer.ok && answer.error) {
        return Promise.reject(new Error(answer.error));
    }
    console.log('Comment Deleted:',answer);
    
    return Promise.resolve(answer);
})
.catch(function(err){
    console.log('Did not ADD/EDIT/DELETE File Comment:',err);
    return err;
});