Slack bot example, adapted from my working version.

slack_bot.py

import time, json, yaml, re, os, myfunc
from slackclient import SlackClient
 
with open('slack.yaml', 'r') as f:
  doc = yaml.load(f)
 
user_id=doc["user_id"]
user_name=doc["user_name"]
user_address=doc["user_address"]
print user_id
 
id_to_name=dict(zip(user_id,user_name))
id_to_address=dict(zip(user_id,user_address))
 
token = doc["token"]
sc = SlackClient(token)
 
sc = SlackClient(token)
if not sc.rtm_connect():
  exit("Failed to connect.")
 
while True:
  new_evts = sc.rtm_read()
  for evt in new_evts:
    print(evt)
    if "type" in evt:
      if evt["type"] == "message" and "text" in evt:
        message=evt["text"]
        muser=evt["user"]
        uid=str(muser)
        sender=id_to_name[uid]
        pline=""
 
        pay_xrp=myfunc.send_xrp_amount
        if "tipbot" in message:
          tline=message.split()
          for word in tline:
            cleanword=re.sub('[@<>]', '', word)
            if cleanword in user_id:
              print "USER_ID"
              receiver=id_to_name[cleanword]
              pline="Not found. Message the admin for more information."
              if cleanword in id_to_address:
                destination=id_to_address[cleanword]
                sender="*"+sender+"*"
                receiver="*"+receiver+"*"
                pline= sender + " sent 1 coin to " + receiver + "!"
                text=pay_coin(destination,"1")
                print text
              
          chan = sc.server.channels.find(evt["channel"])
          if chan:
            chan.send_message(pline)
  time.sleep(5)

Your tutorials were super helpful! Thanks for all of the work you put into it :D