slack.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

#from slackclient import SlackClient
import os

slack_token = os.environ["SLACK_API_TOKEN"]
sc = SlackClient(slack_token)

def get_slack_users():
    return sc.api_call("users.list")['members']

def get_real_users(all_users):
    return [u for u in all_users if not u['deleted'] and not u['is_bot'] and not u['is_restricted'] and not u['name'] == "slackbot"] # type : list

def send_slack_message(channel_id, text, attachments=None, thread_ts=None):
    return sc.api_call(
        "chat.postMessage",
        channel=channel_id,
        as_user=True,
        text=text,
        attachments=attachments,
        thread_ts=thread_ts)