Python Slackbot for sending data to Slack

slackbot_example.py

from slackclient import SlackClient
import json
import requests

# Store your data output/analysis as a variable named 'attachment' 
# See: https://api.slack.com/docs/messages

attachment = {"text": "And, here is an attachment"}

# Output to json, if in other format
attachment = json.dumps(attachment)

# Set your credentials
# Go to https://api.slack.com/ 
# Create a custom app on Slack and generate api credentials
# To add a bot user: https://api.slack.com/bot-users
# See:https://api.slack.com/docs/oauth


# Post to slack 
slack_token = os.environ["SLACK_API_TOKEN"]
sc = SlackClient(slack_token)
channel = '@User.Name' #test by posting to your own slack channel, can be changed to any channel

sc.api_call(
    "chat.postMessage", 
    channel=channel, 
    text: "I am a test message http://slack.com", 
    attachments=attachment,
    as_user = True,
    username='YOUR_SLACK_BOTS_NAME_HERE', 
    unfurl_links = 'true', 
    unfurl_media = 'true'
)