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From: philipyun103 <philip.yun103@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2016 00:42:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add API Context to Plugin Context
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updated idea of @zbarahal’s PR (PR #20) to reflect the current master.
---
 client.py                             | 10 ++++++++++
 docs/example-plugins/directAPIcall.py |  5 +++++
 rtmbot.py                             |  7 +++++--
 rtmbot/core.py                        |  3 +--
 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 client.py
 create mode 100644 docs/example-plugins/directAPIcall.py

diff --git a/client.py b/client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbf9314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from slackclient import SlackClient
+from rtmbot import RtmBot
+
+client = None
+
+def init(config):
+    global client
+    bot = RtmBot(config)
+    client = bot.slack_client
+    return bot
diff --git a/docs/example-plugins/directAPIcall.py b/docs/example-plugins/directAPIcall.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ddebd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/example-plugins/directAPIcall.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from client import client as sc
+
+for user in sc.api_call("users.list")["members"]:
+    print(user["name"], user["id"])
diff --git a/rtmbot.py b/rtmbot.py
index 77c7fa3..a1ecc0c 100755
--- a/rtmbot.py
+++ b/rtmbot.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 import sys
+import os
+sys.path.append(os.getcwd())
+
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 
 import yaml
-from rtmbot import RtmBot
+import client
 
 
 def parse_args():
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ def parse_args():
 # load args with config path
 args = parse_args()
 config = yaml.load(open(args.config or 'rtmbot.conf', 'r'))
-bot = RtmBot(config)
+bot = client.init(config)
 try:
     bot.start()
 except KeyboardInterrupt:
diff --git a/rtmbot/core.py b/rtmbot/core.py
index 1b391a3..dd33e19 100755
--- a/rtmbot/core.py
+++ b/rtmbot/core.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class RtmBot(object):
         # initialize stateful fields
         self.last_ping = 0
         self.bot_plugins = []
-        self.slack_client = None
+        self.slack_client = SlackClient(self.token)
 
     def _dbg(self, debug_string):
         if self.debug:
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ class RtmBot(object):
 
     def connect(self):
         """Convenience method that creates Server instance"""
-        self.slack_client = SlackClient(self.token)
         self.slack_client.rtm_connect()
 
     def _start(self):