'''
A quick script to fetch the id of a channel you want to use.
USAGE: python fetchChannelId.py <channel_name>
'''
import requests
import sys
import json
from tokens import Tokens
# Environment variables must be set with your tokens
tokens = Tokens()
USER_TOKEN_STRING = tokens.get_user_token()
URL_TOKEN_STRING = tokens.get_url_token()
HASH = "%23"
channelName = sys.argv[1]
params = {"token": USER_TOKEN_STRING}
# Capture Response as JSON
response = requests.get("https://slack.com/api/channels.list", params=params)
channels = json.loads(response.text, encoding='utf-8')["channels"]
for channel in channels:
if channel["name"] == channelName:
print channel["id"]
break
