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wee-slack
=========

**News:**
 1.0-RC1 is here. It is a pretty massive refactor, and fixes many of the current issues listed on github. Because there was no good way to do this, it breaks some/many existing PRs. _(please report bugs in #wee-slack on freenode)_

A WeeChat native client for Slack.com. Provides supplemental features only available in the web/mobile clients such as: synchronizing read markers, typing notification, threads (and more)! Connects via the Slack API, and maintains a persistent websocket for notification of events.

![animated screenshot](https://github.com/wee-slack/wee-slack/raw/master/docs/slack.gif)

Features
--------
  * **New** [Threads](#threads) support!
  * **New** [Slack Status](#status) support!
  * Slash commands (including custom ones!)
  * Upload to slack capabilities!
  * Emoji reactions!
  * Edited messages work just like the official clients, where the original message changes and has (edited) appended.
  * Unfurled urls dont generate a new message, but replace the original with more info as it is received.
  * Regex style message editing (s/oldtext/newtext/)
  * Caches message history, making startup MUCH faster
  * Smarter redraw of dynamic buffer info (much lower CPU %)
  * beta UTF-8 support
  * Doesn't use IRC gateway. Connects directly with Slack via API/Websocket
  * Multiple Teams supported! Just add multiple api tokens separated by commas
  * Replays history automatically during startup. (and sets read marker to the correct position in history)
  * Open channels synchronized with Slack. When you open/close a channel on another client it is reflected in wee-slack
  * Colorized nicks in buffer list when used with buffers.pl
  * Colorized nicks in chat
  * Supports bidirectional slack read notifications for all channels. (never reread the same messages on the web client or other devices).
  * Typing notification, so you can see when others are typing, and they can see when you type. Appears globally for direct messages
  * Away/back status handling
  * Expands/shows metadata for things like tweets/links
  * Displays edited messages (slack.com irc mode currently doesn't show these)
  * *Super fun* debug mode. See what the websocket is saying

In Development
--------------
  * add notification of new versions of wee-slack


Dependencies
------------
  * WeeChat 1.3+ http://weechat.org/
  * websocket-client https://pypi.python.org/pypi/websocket-client/

Setup
------


#### 0.

wee-slack doesn't use the Slack IRC gateway. If you currently connect via the gateway, you should probably remove the server definition.

```
/server list
    All servers:
        slack
/server del slack
/python reload
```

#### 1. Install dependencies

##### OSX and Linux
```
pip install websocket-client
```

##### FreeBSD
```
pkg install py27-websocket-client py27-six
```

#### 2. copy wee_slack.py to ~/.weechat/python/autoload
```
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wee-slack/wee-slack/master/wee_slack.py
cp wee_slack.py ~/.weechat/python/autoload
```

#### 3. Start WeeChat
```
weechat
```

**NOTE:** If weechat is already running, the script can be loaded using ``/python load python/autoload/wee_slack.py``

#### 4. Add your Slack API key(s)
```
/set plugins.var.python.slack.slack_api_token [YOUR_SLACK_TOKEN]
```
^^ (find this at https://api.slack.com/custom-integrations/legacy-tokens using the "Request token" button)

If you don't want to store your API token in plaintext you can use the secure features of weechat:

```
/secure passphrase this is a super secret password
/secure set slack_token [YOUR_SLACK_TOKEN]
/set plugins.var.python.slack.slack_api_token ${sec.data.slack_token}
```

##### Optional: If you would like to connect to multiple groups, use the above command with multiple tokens separated by commas. (NO SPACES)

```
/set plugins.var.python.slack.slack_api_token [token1],[token2],[token3]
```

### 5. $PROFIT$
```
/save
/python reload
```

Commands
--------

Join a channel:
```
/join [channel]
```

Start a direct chat with someone or multiple users:
```
/query [username] ([username2] [username3]...)
/slack talk [username] ([username2] [username3]...)
```

List channels:
```
/slack channels
```

List users:
```
/slack users
```

Close channel/dm:
```
/part
/leave
/close
```

Set yourself away/back:
```
/slack away
/slack back
```

Modify previous message:
```
s/old text/new text/
```

Modify 3rd previous message:
```
3s/old text/new text/
```

Replace all instances of text in previous message:
```
s/old text/new text/g
```


Delete previous message:
```
s///
```

Add a reaction to the nth last message. The number can be omitted and defaults to the last message. The `+` can be replaced with a `-` to remove a reaction instead.
```
3+:smile:
```

Upload a file to the current slack buffer:
```
/slack upload [file_path]
```

Run a Slack slash command. Simply prepend `/slack slash` to what you'd type in the official clients.:
```
/slack slash /desiredcommand arg1 arg2 arg3
```

To send a command as a normal message instead of performing the action, prefix it with a slash or a space, like so:
```
//slack
 s/a/b/
```

#### Threads

Start a new thread on the most recent message The number indicates which message in the buffer to reply to, in reverse time order:
```
/reply 1 here is a threaded reply to the most recent message!
```

Open an existing thread as a channel. The argument is the thread identifier, which is printed in square brackets with every threaded message in a channel:
```
/thread af8
```

Label a thread with a memorable name. The above command will open a channel called af8, but perhaps you want to call it "meetingnotes". To do so, select that buffer and type:
```
/label meetingnotes
```
_Note: labels do not persist once a thread buffer is closed_

#### Status

Set your Slack status on a given team:
```
/slack status [:emoji:] [Status message]
```

Example:
```
/slack status :ghost: Boo!
```

Optional settings
-----------------

Set channel prefix to something other than my-slack-subdomain.slack.com (e.g. when using buffers.pl):
```
/set plugins.var.python.slack.server_aliases "my-slack-subdomain:mysub,other-domain:coolbeans"
```

Show who added each reaction. Makes reactions appear like `[:smile:(@nick1,@nick2)]` instead of `[:smile:2]`.
```
/set plugins.var.python.slack.show_reaction_nicks on
```

Show typing notification in main bar (slack_typing_notice):
```
/set weechat.bar.status.items [buffer_count],[buffer_plugin],buffer_number+:+buffer_name+{buffer_nicklist_count}+buffer_filter,[hotlist],completion,scroll,slack_typing_notice
```

Show channel name in hotlist after activity
```
/set weechat.look.hotlist_names_level 14
```

Enable debug mode and change debug level (default 3, decrease to increase logging and vice versa):
```
/set plugins.var.python.slack.debug_mode on
/set plugins.var.python.slack.debug_level 2
```

Support
--------------

wee-slack is provided without any warranty whatsoever, but you are welcome to ask questions in #wee-slack on freenode.