Track users status via slack api firehose (RTM)

slack_presence_change.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from configparser import ConfigParser
from slackclient import SlackClient

config = ConfigParser()
config.read('slack.conf')
SLACK_TOKEN = config['slack']['SLACK_API_TOKEN']

sc = SlackClient(SLACK_TOKEN)
if sc.rtm_connect():
    try:
        while True:
            for fh in sc.rtm_read():
                if fh['type'] == 'presence_change':
                    user_api_call = sc.api_call("users.list")
                    users = user_api_call.get('members')
                    for user in users:
                        if fh['user'] == user['id']:
                            who_are_they = user['real_name']
                    res = "User: {}, Status: {}".format(who_are_they, fh['presence'])
                    print(res)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print("Bye...")