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Fetch a private file from Slack
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| # fetching a private Slack file with requests | |
| import requests | |
| import os | |
| slack_token = os.environ['SLACK_TOKEN'] | |
| url = 'https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T12345678-F12345678/my_file.jpg' | |
| res = requests.get(url, headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {slack_token}'}) | |
| res.raise_for_status() | |
| with open('my_file.jpg', 'wb') as f: | |
| f.write(res.content) | |
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I have just created a pull request such that it works with the latest Slack API.
There's a mistake in this code:
You are missing f in L9
{f'Authorization': f'Bearer {slack_token}'})
@reverie-ss thanks for heads up. the f was actually in the wrong place. Corrected.
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Hey @kiranmah92! If you try to access a file without the right permissions / token then you get a HTML asking you to login. Sounds like that might be your problem here.