package main
import (
"flag"
"fmt"
"github.com/nlopes/slack"
)
/*
WARNING: This example is destructive in the sense that it create a channel called testpinning
*/
func main() {
var (
apiToken string
debug bool
)
flag.StringVar(&apiToken, "token", "YOUR_TOKEN_HERE", "Your Slack API Token")
flag.BoolVar(&debug, "debug", false, "Show JSON output")
flag.Parse()
api := slack.New(apiToken)
if debug {
api.SetDebug(true)
}
var (
postAsUserName string
postAsUserID string
postToChannelID string
)
// Find the user to post as.
authTest, err := api.AuthTest()
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("Error getting channels: %s\n", err)
return
}
channelName := "testpinning"
// Post as the authenticated user.
postAsUserName = authTest.User
postAsUserID = authTest.UserID
// Create a temporary channel
channel, err := api.CreateChannel(channelName)
if err != nil {
// If the channel exists, that means we just need to unarchive it
if err.Error() == "name_taken" {
err = nil
channels, err := api.GetChannels(false)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Could not retrieve channels")
return
}
for _, archivedChannel := range channels {
if archivedChannel.Name == channelName {
if archivedChannel.IsArchived {
err = api.UnarchiveChannel(archivedChannel.ID)
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("Could not unarchive %s: %s\n", archivedChannel.ID, err)
return
}
}
channel = &archivedChannel
break
}
}
}
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("Error setting test channel for pinning: %s\n", err)
return
}
}
postToChannelID = channel.ID
fmt.Printf("Posting as %s (%s) in channel %s\n", postAsUserName, postAsUserID, postToChannelID)
// Post a message.
postParams := slack.PostMessageParameters{}
channelID, timestamp, err := api.PostMessage(postToChannelID, "Is this any good?", postParams)
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("Error posting message: %s\n", err)
return
}
// Grab a reference to the message.
msgRef := slack.NewRefToMessage(channelID, timestamp)
// Add message pin to channel
if err := api.AddPin(channelID, msgRef); err != nil {
fmt.Printf("Error adding pin: %s\n", err)
return
}
// List all of the users pins.
listPins, _, err := api.ListPins(channelID)
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("Error listing pins: %s\n", err)
return
}
fmt.Printf("\n")
fmt.Printf("All pins by %s...\n", authTest.User)
for _, item := range listPins {
fmt.Printf(" > Item type: %s\n", item.Type)
}
// Remove the pin.
err = api.RemovePin(channelID, msgRef)
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("Error remove pin: %s\n", err)
return
}
if err = api.ArchiveChannel(channelID); err != nil {
fmt.Printf("Error archiving channel: %s\n", err)
return
}
}