Utilities

Utility class for formatting Slack Messages.

utils.slack_msg_fmt.wrap_code_block(str)

Format code block.

utils.slack_msg_fmt.wrap_emph(str)

Format emph.

utils.slack_msg_fmt.wrap_quote(str)

Format quote.

utils.slack_msg_fmt.wrap_slack_code(str)

Format code.

The following are a few functions to help in handling command.

utils.slack_parse.check_permissions(user, team)

Check if given user is admin or team lead.

If team is specified and user is not admin, check if user is team lead in team. If team is not specified, check if user is team lead.

Parameters

• user (app.model.user.User) – user who’s permission needs to be checked

• team (typing.Optional[app.model.team.Team]) – team you want to check that has user as team lead

Return type

bool

Returns

true if user is admin or a team lead, false otherwise

utils.slack_parse.escape_email(email)

Convert a string with escaped emails to just the email.

Before:

<mailto:email@a.com|email@a.com>

After:

email@a.com

Does nothing if the email is not escaped.

Parameters

email (str) – email to convert

Return type

str

Returns

unescaped email

utils.slack_parse.escaped_id_to_id(s)

Convert a string with escaped IDs to just the IDs.

Before:

/rocket user edit --username <@U1143214|su> --name "Steven Universe"

After:

/rocket user edit --username U1143214 --name "Steven Universe"

Parameters

s (str) – string to convert

Return type

str

Returns

string where all instances of escaped ID is replaced with IDs

utils.slack_parse.ios_dash(s)

Convert a string with a dash (—) to just double-hyphens (–).

Before:

/rocket user edit —name "Steven Universe"

After:

/rocket user edit --name "Steven Universe"

Parameters

s (str) – string to convert

Return type

str

Returns

string where all dashes are replaced with double-hyphens

utils.slack_parse.is_slack_id(slack_id)

Check if id given is a valid slack id.

Parameters

• id – string of the object you want to check

• slack_id (str) –

Return type

bool

Returns

true if object is a slack id, false otherwise

utils.slack_parse.regularize_char(c)

Convert any unicode quotation marks to ascii ones.

Leaves all other characters alone.

Parameters

c (str) – character to convert

Return type

str

Returns

ascii equivalent (only quotes are changed)