slackapi/python-slack-sdk

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

The official Slack Developer Kit for Python, providing packages for calling Slack Web API methods, sending messages via webhooks, receiving events over Socket Mode and RTM, and handling OAuth, SCIM, and Audit Logs APIs. It also includes builders for constructing Block Kit UI components and utilities for verifying request signatures.

Use cases

• send messages to slack from python
• build a slack bot that responds to events
• implement slack oauth login flow
• receive slack events via socket mode
• post notifications to a slack channel via webhook
• manage slack users and groups with scim
• build block kit message layouts in python

When to choose

• you need low-level access to any of Slack's 200+ Web API methods
• you want to build a Slack app in Python with full control over API calls
• you need Socket Mode or RTM websocket connections to Slack
• you need OAuth, SCIM, or Audit Logs API support in Python

When to avoid

• you want a high-level framework with built-in routing and middleware - use Bolt for Python instead
• you only need simple webhook notifications and prefer a minimal dependency
• you are building Slack integrations in another language

Facets

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sdk http-client websocket auth webhook messaging-platforms apis developer-tools python cross-platform slack slack-api socket-mode block-kit oauth asyncio chat-integration automation

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