grimmy / slack-libpurple

Slack module for libpurple

slack-libpurple

A Slack protocol plugin for libpurple IM clients.

Here's how slack concepts are mapped to purple:

• Your "open" channels (on the slack bar) are mapped to the buddy list: joining a channel is equivalent to creating a buddy
• Which conversations are open in purple is up to you, and has no effect on slack... (how to deal with activity in open channels with no conversation?)
• For bitlbee IRC connections, Slack channels are "chat channels" that can be added to your configuration with "chat add <account id> #<channel>"
• TBD... feedback welcome

Installation/Configuration

1. Install libpurple (pidgin, finch, etc.), including necessary development components on binary distros (libpurple-devel, libpurple-dev, etc.)
2. Run sudo make install or make install-user
3. Issue a Slack API token for yourself
4. Add your slack account to your libpurple program and enter this token under (Advanced) API token (do not enter your slack password; username/hostname are optional but can be set to [email protected])

If you're using a front-end (like Adium or Spectrum2) that does not let you set the API token, you can enter your token as the account password instead.

@EionRobb is kindly providing windows builds here.