From e0e4885d23e106dc660554f1664ca5d44c9c8ce4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: reethu2703 <reethuvennam279@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2025 23:22:52 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Update Slack Message files: modify requirements.txt and
 slack_poster.py

---
 Slack Message/requirements.txt |  1 +
 Slack Message/slack_poster.py  | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Slack Message/requirements.txt b/Slack Message/requirements.txt
index 2b0f9eb..48d2289 100644
--- a/Slack Message/requirements.txt	
+++ b/Slack Message/requirements.txt	
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 slack_sdk>=3.21.0
 requests>=2.28.0
+python-dotenv>=1.0.0
diff --git a/Slack Message/slack_poster.py b/Slack Message/slack_poster.py
index 92b5cf0..62863ab 100644
--- a/Slack Message/slack_poster.py	
+++ b/Slack Message/slack_poster.py	
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ A command-line tool that posts messages to Slack channels using the Slack Web AP
 """
 
 import argparse
+import os
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Optional
@@ -17,6 +18,14 @@ except ImportError:
     print("Error: slack_sdk not installed. Run: pip install slack_sdk")
     sys.exit(1)
 
+# Try to load environment variables from .env file
+try:
+    from dotenv import load_dotenv
+    load_dotenv()
+except ImportError:
+    # dotenv not installed, continue without it
+    pass
+
 
 class SlackPoster:
     """Main class for posting messages to Slack."""
@@ -47,9 +56,9 @@ class SlackPoster:
             )
             return response
         except SlackApiError as e:
-            raise SlackApiError(f"Slack API Error: {e.response['error']}")
+            raise e
         except SlackClientError as e:
-            raise SlackClientError(f"Slack Client Error: {e}")
+            raise e
 
 
 def get_user_input(prompt: str, required: bool = True) -> str:
@@ -138,8 +147,8 @@ Examples:
     
     args = parser.parse_args()
     
-    # Get token
-    token = args.token
+    # Get token (try environment variable first, then command line, then interactive)
+    token = args.token or os.getenv('SLACK_BOT_TOKEN')
     if not token:
         print("Slack Token not provided. Please enter it interactively:")
         token = get_user_input("Enter your Slack token: ")
@@ -149,8 +158,8 @@ Examples:
         print("Error: Invalid token format. Slack tokens typically start with 'xoxb-', 'xoxp-', 'xoxa-', or 'xoxr-'")
         sys.exit(1)
     
-    # Get channel
-    channel = args.channel
+    # Get channel (try environment variable first, then command line, then interactive)
+    channel = args.channel or os.getenv('SLACK_CHANNEL_ID')
     if not channel:
         print("Channel ID not provided. Please enter it interactively:")
         channel = get_user_input("Enter Slack channel ID (e.g., C04ABC123): ")
@@ -187,30 +196,30 @@ Examples:
         except (ValueError, TypeError):
             formatted_time = timestamp
         
-        print(f"✅ Success! Message posted to channel {channel_name}")
-        print(f"📅 Timestamp: {formatted_time}")
-        print(f"💬 Message: {message}")
+        print(f"[SUCCESS] Message posted to channel {channel_name}")
+        print(f"[TIMESTAMP] {formatted_time}")
+        print(f"[MESSAGE] {message}")
         
     except SlackApiError as e:
         error_msg = str(e)
         if "invalid_auth" in error_msg.lower():
-            print("❌ Error: Invalid token. Please check your Slack token.")
+            print("[ERROR] Invalid token. Please check your Slack token.")
         elif "channel_not_found" in error_msg.lower():
-            print(f"❌ Error: Channel '{channel}' not found. Please check the channel ID.")
+            print(f"[ERROR] Channel '{channel}' not found. Please check the channel ID.")
         elif "not_in_channel" in error_msg.lower():
-            print(f"❌ Error: Bot is not a member of channel '{channel}'. Please add the bot to the channel.")
+            print(f"[ERROR] Bot is not a member of channel '{channel}'. Please add the bot to the channel.")
         elif "rate_limited" in error_msg.lower():
-            print("❌ Error: Rate limited. Please wait before trying again.")
+            print("[ERROR] Rate limited. Please wait before trying again.")
         else:
-            print(f"❌ Slack API Error: {error_msg}")
+            print(f"[ERROR] Slack API Error: {error_msg}")
         sys.exit(1)
         
     except SlackClientError as e:
-        print(f"❌ Slack Client Error: {e}")
+        print(f"[ERROR] Slack Client Error: {e}")
         sys.exit(1)
         
     except Exception as e:
-        print(f"❌ Unexpected error: {e}")
+        print(f"[ERROR] Unexpected error: {e}")
         sys.exit(1)