simple_slack_test.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Simple Slack API test script that mimics the curl command:
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $SLACK_API_TOKEN" https://slack.com/api/conversations.list
"""

import os
import requests
import json
from dotenv import load_dotenv

# Load environment variables from .env file if it exists
load_dotenv()

# Get the Slack API token
SLACK_API_TOKEN = os.getenv("SLACK_API_TOKEN")

if not SLACK_API_TOKEN:
    print("Error: SLACK_API_TOKEN environment variable is not set.")
    exit(1)

print(f"Token prefix: {SLACK_API_TOKEN[:10]}...")

# Set up headers exactly like curl
headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {SLACK_API_TOKEN}"
}

# Make the request without any additional parameters
print("\nMaking request to https://slack.com/api/conversations.list...")
response = requests.get("https://slack.com/api/conversations.list", headers=headers)
data = response.json()

# Print the full response for debugging
print(f"Status code: {response.status_code}")
print(f"Response OK: {data.get('ok')}")
print(f"Error (if any): {data.get('error')}")

# Print the number of channels if successful
if data.get("ok") and "channels" in data:
    print(f"Found {len(data['channels'])} channels")
    print("First few channel names:")
    for i, channel in enumerate(data['channels'][:5]):
        print(f"  - {channel.get('name')}")
else:
    print("Failed to get channels list")
    print("Full response:")
    print(json.dumps(data, indent=2))