A simple shell script to update your status in slack from the command line, based on presets you provide in a configuration file.
Copy slacker.sh to somewhere in your path.
Before you can use this, you need to add the status updater as a new slack app. To do this:
- Go to https://api.slack.com/apps/new to create a new app
- Choose a name for the new app: Slack status updater
- Select your workspace from the "Development Slack Workspace" dropdown
- This will bring you to the app configuration section, choose "OAuth and Permissions" from the sidebar on the left under the "Features" section.
- Scroll down until you see "User token scopes" and click "Add an OAuth scope"
- Type in
users.profile:writeand select it from the menu. - Scroll back to the top and click the "Install App to Workspace" button.
- You will be brought to a screen asking you to allow the app access. Click "Allow"
- You will be taken back to a screen containing an access token starting with
xoxp-. Click the "Copy" button to copy this to the clipboard.
Once you have the token, run slacker.sh setup and follow the prompts.
This will create a configuration file for you.
If you wish, edit the config file to add additional presets.
slacker.sh PRESET- updates your slack status to the presetslacker.sh none- resets your slack status to be blankslacker.sh PRESET ADDITIONAL TEXT- any additional text you type will be added to the end of your slack status.
Example:
$ slacker.sh test
Updating status to: :check: Testing status updater
$ slacker.sh none
Updating status to:
$ slacker.sh vacation
Updating status to: :hotel: On vacation
$ slacker.sh vacation until June 15
Updating status to: :hotel: On vacation until June 15