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Slack API in Go [![GoDoc ](https://godoc.org/github.com/slack-go/slack?status.svg )](https://godoc.org/github.com/slack-go/slack) [![Build Status ](https://travis-ci.org/slack-go/slack.svg )](https://travis-ci.org/slack-go/slack)
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===============
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This is the original Slack library for Go created by Norberto Lopez, transferred to a Github organization.
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![logo ](logo.png "icon" )
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This library supports most if not all of the `api.slack.com` REST
calls, as well as the Real-Time Messaging protocol over websocket, in
a fully managed way.
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## Project Status
There is currently no major version released.
Therefore, minor version releases may include backward incompatible changes.
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See [CHANGELOG.md ](https://github.com/slack-go/slack/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md ) for more information about the changes.
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## Installing
### *go get*
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$ go get -u github.com/slack-go/slack
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## Example
### Getting all groups
```golang
import (
"fmt"
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"github.com/slack-go/slack"
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)
func main() {
api := slack.New("YOUR_TOKEN_HERE")
// If you set debugging, it will log all requests to the console
// Useful when encountering issues
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// slack.New("YOUR_TOKEN_HERE", slack.OptionDebug(true))
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groups, err := api.GetGroups(false)
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("%s\n", err)
return
}
for _, group := range groups {
fmt.Printf("ID: %s, Name: %s\n", group.ID, group.Name)
}
}
```
### Getting User Information
```golang
import (
"fmt"
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"github.com/slack-go/slack"
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)
func main() {
api := slack.New("YOUR_TOKEN_HERE")
user, err := api.GetUserInfo("U023BECGF")
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("%s\n", err)
return
}
fmt.Printf("ID: %s, Fullname: %s, Email: %s\n", user.ID, user.Profile.RealName, user.Profile.Email)
}
```
## Minimal RTM usage:
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See https://github.com/slack-go/slack/blob/master/examples/websocket/websocket.go
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## Minimal EventsAPI usage:
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See https://github.com/slack-go/slack/blob/master/examples/eventsapi/events.go
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## Contributing
You are more than welcome to contribute to this project. Fork and
make a Pull Request, or create an Issue if you see any problem.
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Before making any Pull Request please run the following:
```
make pr-prep
```
This will check/update code formatting, linting and then run all tests
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## License
BSD 2 Clause license