Slack script that changes your status to AFK or Working Remotely

slack-afk.sh

#!/bin/bash
usage="$(basename "$0") [OPTIONS] -- changes your Slack status to AFK or Working Remotely

[OPTIONS]:
	-h|--help	This help message
	--afk		Changes your Slack profile to AFK
	--remote	Changes your Slack profile to Working Remotely
	--token		Your Slack token (see https://api.slack.com/legacy/custom-integrations/legacy-tokens)
"

if [[ $# == 0 ]]; then
	echo "$usage"
	exit
fi

while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
	key="$1"
	case $key in
	-h|--help)
		echo "$usage"
		exit
		;;
	--afk)
		AFK=1
		REMOTE=0
		shift
		;;
	--remote)
		REMOTE=1
		AFK=0
		shift
		;;
	--token)
		SLACK_TOKEN=$2
		shift
		shift
		;;
	esac
done

if [ "$REMOTE" == "1" ]; then
	SLACK_TEXT="Working remotely"
	SLACK_EMOJI=":house_with_garden:"
fi

if [ "$AFK" == "1" ]; then
	SLACK_TEXT="AFK"
	SLACK_EMOJI=":keyboard:"
fi

curl -X POST "https://slack.com/api/users.profile.set" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer ${SLACK_TOKEN}" \
	--data '{
	    "profile": {
		"status_text": "'"${SLACK_TEXT}"'",
		"status_emoji": "'"${SLACK_EMOJI}"'",
		"status_expiration": 0
	    }
	}'

You can call this script via Apple's Script editor, if you want to keep it handy on your Mac's menu bar.

do shell script "~/slack-afk.sh --remote --token $YOURTOKEN