GCI17 CCExtractor Development

welcomer.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# To start bot install SlackClient from pip. Make sure bot joins #general only! Leave it to run. Use supervisor i'd recommmend
from slackclient import SlackClient
import time

slack_token = "" #token for slack
sc = SlackClient(slack_token)
messagetosend = "" #message to great

if sc.rtm_connect():
    while True:
        for slack_message in sc.rtm_read():
            print(slack_message)
            message = slack_message.get("type")
            user = slack_message.get("user")
            if not message or not user:
                continue
            if message == "member_joined_channel":
                sc.api_call("chat.postMessage",channel=user,as_user=True,text=messagetosend)

            time.sleep(2)

else:
	print("There is a problem connecting to Slack. Check your Internet connection or you might have problems with the API key.")

You can start the bot by installing slackclient using pip install slackclient
Get a Slack token by creating a bot user.(https://my.slack.com/services/new/bot)
Modify the messagetosend variable to include the greeting message to dm a user.
python bot.py