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"I have created a slack app" -- just repackaged a webview. I was intrigued because slack used to have APIs and and IRC proxy, and I was wondering if the author

by znpy 6y ago

"I have created a slack app" -- just repackaged a webview. I was intrigued because slack used to have APIs and and IRC proxy, and I was wondering if the author has used some kind of weird way to connect to slack and impersonate an user.

akx 6y ago
Slack still has the same realtime and RPC-style APIs.
- p_l 6y ago
  It's also actively fighting against just writing an alternative client, IIRC from my experiences trying to run weechat-slack
  - e12e 6y ago
    My experience with wee-slack is pretty good, actually. Although lately I've been running the "native" app.
- znpy 6y ago
  Are they usable for the purpose of writing a client?
  - monadic2 6y ago
    No, they seem explicitly designed to avoid interactive use an end user.
    - znpy 6y ago
      Ah, that's what I felt. Thank you.