some functions for getting slack users in a channel and adding them to a new channel

slack-move.py

from slackclient import SlackClient
TOKEN = "xoxp-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

sc = SlackClient(TOKEN)


#get a dict of channel names to channel IDs
def get_channels():
  channels = {}
  data = sc.api_call("conversations.list", types='public_channel', exclude_archived=True, limit=1000)
  for c in data['channels']:
    channels[c['name']] = c['id']
  while data['response_metadata']['next_cursor'] != '':
    data = sc.api_call("conversations.list", types='public_channel', exclude_archived=True, limit=1000, cursor=data['response_metadata']['next_cursor'])
    for c in data['channels']:
      channels[c['name']] = c['id']
  return channels
    

#get user id of token holder
def my_id():
 resp = sc.api_call("auth.test")
 return resp['user_id']
 
#print name & email of user by user id
def read_user(id):
  data = sc.api_call(
    "users.profile.get",
    user=id,
  )
  print("{}, {}".format(data['profile']['real_name'],  data['profile']['email']))

#get a list of users in the channel
def get_users(channel):
  channels = get_channels()
  ch_id = channels[channel]
  members = []
  data = sc.api_call(
    "conversations.members",
    channel=ch_id,
  )
  members.extend(data['members'])
  while data['response_metadata']['next_cursor'] != '':
    data = sc.api_call(
      "conversations.members",
      channel=ch_id,
      cursor=data['response_metadata']['next_cursor']
    )
    members.extend(data['members'])
  members.remove(my_id())  
  return members


#Add a list of users to the channel named c
def add_users(c, users):
  channels = get_channels()
  ch_id = channels[c]
  for thirty_users in [users[start:start+30] for start in range(0, len(users), 30)]:
    ids = ",".join(thirty_users)
    resp = sc.api_call(
        "conversations.invite",
        channel=ch_id,
        users=ids
        )
    print(resp)
    if resp['ok'] == False:
      print(resp)
    else:
      print("Status: {}".format(resp['ok']))   
      
      
#get a list of user IDs that are in the Big Channel and not the Smaller Channel
def missing_users(bigchannel, smallerchannel):
  bigusers = get_users(bigchannel)
  smallusers = get_users(smallchannel)
  diff = list(set(bigusers) - set(smallusers))
  return diff