https://github.com/nicklambourne/slackblocks

:game_die: Python API for Building Messages Using the Slack Block Kit API
https://github.com/nicklambourne/slackblocks

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:game_die: Python API for Building Messages Using the Slack Block Kit API

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nicklambourne/slackblocks
• Owner: nicklambourne
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-07-14T13:33:22.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-11-18T23:43:23.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-18T23:49:41.814Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: blocks, python, slack, slack-api, slack-bot
• Language: Python
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• Size: 3.51 MB
• Stars: 63
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 25
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# slackblocks 

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## What is it?

`slackblocks` is a Python API for building messages in the fancy Slack [Block Kit API](https://api.slack.com/block-kit)

## Documentation

Full documentation is provided [here](https://nicklambourne.github.io/slackblocks/latest/).

## Requirements

`slackblocks` requires Python >= 3.8.

As of version 0.1.0 it has no dependencies outside the Python standard library.

## Installation

```bash

pip install slackblocks

```

## Basic Usage

```python

from slackblocks import Message, SectionBlock

block = SectionBlock("Hello, world!")

message = Message(channel="#general", blocks=block)

message.json()

```

Will produce the following JSON string:

```json

{

    "channel": "#general",

    "mrkdwn": true,

    "blocks": [

        {

            "type": "section",

            "block_id": "992ceb6b-9ad4-496b-b8e6-1bd8a632e8b3",

            "text": {

                "type": "mrkdwn",

                "text": "Hello, world!"

            }

        }

    ]

}

```

Which can be sent as payload to the Slack message API HTTP endpoints.

Of more practical use is the ability to unpack the objects directly into 

the [(Legacy) Python Slack Client](https://pypi.org/project/slackclient/) in order to send messages:

```python

from os import environ

from slack import WebClient

from slackblocks import Message, SectionBlock

client = WebClient(token=environ["SLACK_API_TOKEN"])

block = SectionBlock("Hello, world!")

message = Message(channel="#general", blocks=block)

response = client.chat_postMessage(**message)

```

Or the modern Python [Slack SDK](https://pypi.org/project/slack-sdk/):

```python

from os import environ

from slack_sdk import WebClient

from slackblocks import Message, SectionBlock

client = WebClient(token=environ["SLACK_API_TOKEN"])

block = SectionBlock("Hello, world!")

message = Message(channel="#general", blocks=block)

response = client.chat_postMessage(**message)

```

Note the `**` operator in front of the `message` object.

## Can I use this in my project?

Yes, please do! The code is all open source and dual BSD-3.0 and MIT licensed

    (use what suits you best).