set_slack_status.py

#! /usr/bin/env python

import json
import urllib

import requests


api_token = "PLEASE INSERT API TOKEN"
slack = "PLEASE INSERT NAME OF SLACK"
method = "users.profile.set"
params = {
    "token": api_token,
    "profile": {
        "status_text": "Working remotely",
        "status_emoji": ":house_with_garden:"
    }
}

url = "https://{0}.slack.com/api/{1}?{2}".format(
    slack,
    method,
    urllib.urlencode(params)
)

payload = requests.get(url).json()
print json.dumps(payload, indent=4)