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Slack backend: no longer allows for creating user tokens, channels.create fails on bot token
I am...
- [ ] Reporting a bug
- [x] Suggesting a new feature
- [ ] Requesting help with running my bot
- [ ] Requesting help writing plugins
- [ ] Here about something else
I am running...
- Errbot version: 6.1.4
- OS version:docker python:3.7-alpine3.12
- Python version: 3.7
- Using a virtual environment: yes?(docker)
Issue description
Not sure how to phrase the ask here, maybe support a way to create channels on one of the currently Slack-supported methods?
Slack no longer allows for creating user tokens
with bot token getting:
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/errbot/backends/slack.py", line 1129, in create
self._bot.api_call('channels.create', data={'name': self.name})
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/errbot/backends/slack.py", line 333, in api_call
error=response['error'])
errbot.backends.slack.SlackAPIResponseError: Slack API call to channels.create failed: not_allowed_token_type
Steps to reproduce
- Create a classic app with legacy bot token per https://github.com/errbotio/errbot/issues/1402#issuecomment-663332878
- Try creating new room with:
room = self.query_room("testroom")
room.create()
it fails with errbot.backends.slack.SlackAPIResponseError: Slack API call to channels.create failed: not_allowed_token_type
Additional info
If you have any more information, please specify it here.
The Slack API has deprecated calls channels.*. A pull request has been created to update errbot to call the new Slack API equivalent functions https://github.com/errbotio/errbot/pull/1438. You could test the PR with your bot token to see if it resolves the issue for you.