create_slack_app.py

# Main function
if __name__ == "__main__":
    ...
    # Register the Slack handler
    print("🚀 Registering the Slack handler")
    app = create_app(token, signing_secret)
    
# Initializes the slack app with the bot token and socket mode handler
def create_app(token, signing_secret):
    return App(
        process_before_response=True,  # Required for AWS Lambda
        token=token,
        signing_secret=signing_secret,
    )