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Automations with the Slack API in Python

Delve into automating chats, managing channels, and creating interactive messages with Slack's API. Discover file management and build custom integrations using Slack's Bolt for Python framework.

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This course includes

18 Lessons

41 Playgrounds

Course Overview

What You'll Learn

Course Content

Course Overview

Slack is a flexible instant messaging platform for organizations. It allows you to connect with your colleagues, share documents, and organize teams. It also allows teams to collaborate with images, videos, voice messages, and huddles across teams, time zones, and physical spaces. Slack’s API has allowed it to become a highly integrated productivity tool. In this course, you’ll become efficient at automating chats, managing channels, and making interactive messages using the API. Learn how to share and man...Show More

Slack is a flexible instant messaging platform for organizations. It allows you to connect with your colleagues, share documents...Show More

What You'll Learn

Learn how to use Slack's web API.

Learn Slack's Bolt for Python framework.

Use Python's Request library with Slack's API.

Learn how to use Slack's web API.

Course Content

Introduction

2 Lessons

Get familiar with Slack API, Bolt for Python, and setting up essential API keys.

Introduction to the Course

Set Up the API keys

Chat Using the Application

3 Lessons

Walk through automating Slack message sending, updating, scheduling, and deleting using API endpoints.

Send Messages

Update Messages and List Scheduled Messages

Delete Messages

Conversations Using an App

4 Lessons

Work your way through creating, managing, and retrieving Slack conversations using the API effectively.

Create Channels

Set Conversation Properties

Channel Management

Get Conversation Properties

File Management

2 Lessons

Break down complex ideas on managing local and remote files using the Slack API.

Local Files

Remote Files

Users

2 Lessons

Solve problems in managing user interactions and manipulating presence using Slack API.

List Conversations and Users

Manipulate Presence

Manage Reactions

2 Lessons

Tackle managing, retrieving, and enhancing user interaction with Slack message reactions.

Add and Remove Reactions

List and Get Reactions

Slack's Bolt Framework

2 Lessons

Master the steps to using Slack's Bolt framework for developing efficient Slack applications.

Introduction to Bolt

Bolt Polling Application

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Get familiar with Slack API fundamentals in Bolt and community insights.

Wrap Up!

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