Get an idea of the timezone distribution in a slack workspace

Pipfile

[[source]]
url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
verify_ssl = true
name = "pypi"

[packages]
slackclient = "*"

[dev-packages]
ipdb = "*"

[requires]
python_version = "3.6"

timezone_counter.py

import os
import slack
import json
from collections import Counter

class TimezoneCounter:

    def __init__(self):
        self.members = []

        # connect to the slack API
        client = slack.WebClient(token=os.environ['SLACK_API_TOKEN'])

        # get a list of our users
        res = client.users_list()
        da = res.data
        self.cat_members = da['members']

    def members_by_timezone(self):
        # set up a handy Counter dataStructure
        cntr = Counter()

        # pull out the timezones
        timezones = [mem.get('tz') for mem in self.cat_members]

        # make running totals of timezones
        for tz in timezones:
            cntr[tz] += 1

        return cntr