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Slack would be a lot better if they supported clients via rest api or similar. I want to run it in a terminal window alongside IRC etc. I have no desire to put
by hadlock 8mo ago
Slack would be a lot better if they supported clients via rest api or similar. I want to run it in a terminal window alongside IRC etc. I have no desire to put up with their ridiculous UI/UX decisions
- ffsm8 8mo agoYou can't really do chat via rest, you need some kind of socket/sse for chat, otherwise all clients need to poll every second
- notpushkin 8mo agoIt’s a good thing that Slack uses WebSockets! I think they even had the API for custom clients available, it’s only for Slack Apps now: https://docs.slack.dev/apis/events-api/using-socket-mode/ https://docs.slack.dev/apis/events-api/using-socket-mode/ (And of course, way back then there was an official IRC interface, too)
- ffsm8 8mo agoDuh... My comment was a response to > Slack would be a lot better if they supported clients via rest api or similar.
- dumol 8mo agoRan this for years, game-changer... https://github.com/wee-slack/wee-slack https://github.com/wee-slack/wee-slack