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nate-parrott / Flashlight

The missing Spotlight plugin system
http://flashlight.nateparrott.com
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Better Slack Integration #301

Closed michaelhelmick closed 9 years ago

michaelhelmick commented 9 years ago

I should have some time tomorrow to fix this. But I was excited to use the Slack integration only to find that it posted as username (bot). This is because the plugin is using the Incoming Webhooks API. If it used the Slack Web API and asked for a user API Token in the Plugin Settings, and used the im.open and im.close API calls. It would be more useful. Right now direct messages go to the receiving users Slackbot channel, rather than their actual direct message thread.

username_subtext might be a nice addition too, the message would say "Mike Helmick via Flashlight", the subtext should be an optional setting, in my opinion.

nate-parrott commented 9 years ago

You should talk to @AlAdler about this — it's his plugin.

michaelhelmick commented 9 years ago

I managed to get it working using their Web API but it posts as a bot. I don't see why there isn't a way to just post as the user you're authenticated as. But I did get it to post to the right direct message thread. I'll try and send a PR tonight. 

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michaelhelmick commented 9 years ago

Actually, they're adding the ability to post as the user that is authenticated. They just replied to a tweet. https://twitter.com/slackapi/status/560504375278178304

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AlAdler commented 9 years ago

It is pretty weird that they don't have this ability from the beginning. I hope they implement it soon.