A script that monitors changes and deletions to Slackbot messages using undocumented Slack APIs.

slackbot_change_monitor.py

import requests
import json
import datetime
import time

SLACK_PERSONAL_TOKEN = ''


#only needed for deletion restoree
WEBSLACK_TOKEN = ''

def msg(m):
  return requests.post("https://rands-leadership.slack.com/api/chat.postMessage",
    data={
      'token': SLACK_PERSONAL_TOKEN,
      'channel': 'zmeta-bot-response-changes',
      'text': m,
      'as_user': 'false',
      'user_name': 'Slackbot Chhange Monitor'
    })

def pluralize(items):
  return 's' if len(items)>1 else ''

def get_user_name(user_id):
  return '<@' + user_id + '>' 
 
def format_response(obj):
  trigger_label = '- ' + str(len(obj['triggers'])) + ' Trigger' + pluralize(obj['triggers']) +': ' + ', '.join(obj['triggers'])
  editor_label = "\n- Last Known Editor: " +  get_user_name(obj.get('editor','')) 
  responses_responses =  "\n\n- " + str(len(obj['responses']))  + " Response" + pluralize(obj['responses']) + ": \n" + '\n'.join(obj['responses'])
  original_creator_label = "\n- Creator: " + get_user_name(obj['creator'])
  edit_time_label = "\n- Last Known Edit Time (UTC): " + datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(obj.get('edited',0)).strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ') if obj.get('edited',0) > 0 else '' 
  return "%s%s%s%s%s" %( trigger_label, original_creator_label, editor_label, edit_time_label, responses_responses )

def restore_slackbot(obj):
  r = requests.post('https://rands-leadership.slack.com/api/slackbot.responses.add',
      params={'_x_id':'38062df5-' + str(time.time()),'slack_route': 'T04T4TH8W', '_x_version_ts':time.time()},
      data={'token': WEBSLACK_TOKEN,
            'triggers': ', '.join(obj['triggers']),
             'responses': "\n".join(obj['responses']),
             'set_active': True,
              '_x_reason': 'legacy_no_reason_provided',
              '_x_mode': 'online'
	} 
  )
  if r.json().get("ok") == True :
    msg("Succeessfully restored deleted responder.")
  else:
    msg("Was unable to successfully resore the deleted responder") 


#get list of responses
new_obj = requests.post("https://rands-leadership.slack.com/api/slackbot.responses.list", data={'token':SLACK_PERSONAL_TOKEN}).json()

#delete unnecessary top-level key
del new_obj["ok"]

live_ids = []
live_id_map = {}
print (new_obj)
for key in new_obj: 
  live_ids.append(new_obj[key]["id"])
  live_id_map[new_obj[key]["id"]] = new_obj[key]
f = open("last_json.json", "r")

last_obj = json.loads(f.read())

for key in last_obj:
  old_id = last_obj[key]["id"]
  if old_id not in live_ids:
    msg(":siren: Detected a deleted Slackbot Response. Here is the metadata of that now deleted response: ```" + format_response(last_obj[key]) + "```")
    print("Deleted slackbot response")
    restore_slackbot(last_obj[key])     
  elif live_id_map[old_id].get("edited",0) > last_obj[key].get("edited",0):
    r = msg(":cone: Detected an edited Slackbot Response. Here is the old response: ```" + format_response(last_obj[key]) + "``` Here is the newly edited response: ```" + format_response(live_id_map[old_id] )+ '```' )
f.close()
f = open("last_json.json", "w")
f.write(json.dumps(new_obj))
f.close()