Improve slackpost script

I also enable posting to IMs and return any error that we receive when
attempting to post.

Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna@NoWheyCreamery.com>

slack/__init__.py

@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ def user():
     return __USER
 
 def find_thread(thread_id):
-    [ res ] = [ c for c in channels.list() if c.id() == thread_id ] or [ None ]
+    for c in channels.list():
-    if res:
+        if c.id() == thread_id: return c
-        return res
+    for g in groups.list():
-    [ res ] = [ g for g in groups.list() if g.id() == thread_id ] or [ None ]
+        if g.id() == thread_id: return g
-    return res
+    for i in im.list():
+        if i.id() == thread_id: return i
+    return None

slack/chat.py

@@ -87,5 +87,5 @@ class Message:
 
 
 def post_message(channel, text):
-    api.call("chat.postMessage", token = auth.token(), channel = channel,
+    return api.call("chat.postMessage", token = auth.token(), channel = channel,
-             text = text, as_user = True, parse = "full")
+                    text = text, as_user = True, parse = "full")["ok"]

slack/threads.py

@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ class Thread:
         return self.__unread
 
     def post(self, text):
-        chat.post_message(self.__id, text)
+        return chat.post_message(self.__id, text)

slackpost.py

@@ -1,68 +1,58 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 # Copyright 2015 (c) Anna Schumaker.
 #
-
+import re
 import slack
 import sys
-import quopri
 from email.parser import Parser
 
-
 headers = Parser().parsestr(sys.stdin.read())
 
 
 #
 # Only allow replies that come from the slack user's email address.
 #
-sender = headers["sender"].replace(".", "")
+sender = headers.get("sender", headers.get("from"))
-target = slack.user().email().replace(".", "")
+match  = re.search("<(.*?)@(.*?)>", sender)
-if sender != target:
+addr   = match.group(0)[1:-1] if match else sender
+if addr.replace(".", "") != slack.user().email().replace(".", ""):
     print("Reply not from user!")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 
 #
-# Look for our marker text to help find thread id
+# Find the thread id in the message payload
 #
-reply  = "--- Reply above this line ---"
+reply = "--- Reply above this line ---(\s*?)thread=(.*?)\n"
-payload = headers.get_payload()
+match = re.search(reply, headers.get_payload())
-if payload.find(reply) == -1:
+if match == None:
     print("Reply line missing!")
     sys.exit(1)
-split = headers.get_payload().split(reply)
+
+thread_id = match.group(0).rsplit("=")[-1].rstrip()
 
 
 #
-# We should have a two element list.  The thread id
+# Parse the message payload to find the text that was sent.
-# is in the text at the start of the second element.
+# Note that we make the following assumptions:
 #
-quoted = quopri.decodestring(split[-1]).decode()
+# - Quoted text will always begin with ">"
-thread_id = quoted.split()[0]
+# - The email reply will always have "Reply sent on <whenever>" text
-if thread_id.find("thread=") == -1:
+#
-    print("Thread ID missing!")
+message = headers.get_payload()
-    sys.exit(1)
+message = re.sub(">(.*?)\n", "", message).rstrip()
-thread_id = thread_id[7:]
+split   = message.split("\n")
+message = "\n".join(split[:-1]).rstrip()
 
 
 #
-# Loop over each line of the reply, strip out special characters,
+# Post the message to the thread
-# and remove any "Reply sent on <whenever>" text.  Note that we
-# make the following assumptions:
 #
-#  - The email reply will always have "Reply sent on <whenever>" text
-#  - There will always be a blank line between content and replied-on text
-#
-lines = []
-for line in split[0].split("\n"):
-    lines += [ line.strip() ]
-while lines[-1] != "":
-    lines.pop(len(lines) - 1)
-text = ' '.join(lines).strip()
-
-
 thread = slack.find_thread(thread_id)
 if thread == None:
     print("No such thread: %s!" % thread_id)
     sys.exit(1)
 
-thread.post(text)
+if thread.post(message) == False:
+    print("Error posting to thread: %s" % thread_id)
+    sys.exit(1)