phial
A lightweight framework for building slack bots
Phial is a slack bot framework, modelled loosely on flask.
Usage
Python:
from phial import Phial, command, Response
bot = Phial('---slack token here---')
@bot.command('greet <name>')
def greet(name):
'''A command with an argument which replies to a message'''
return "Hello {0}".format(name)
bot.run()
Slack:
By default the bot requires a prefix of ! before its commands. This can be changed in the config.
youruser:
> !greet jim
bot:
> Hello Jim
Features:
- Decorator based command definition
- Send messages to slack
- Reply to messages in a thread
- Reply to messages with a reaction
- Upload Files
Examples of commands utilising these features can be found in the examples folder
Install
$ pip install phial-slack
