Add API Context to Plugin Context

updated idea of @zbarahal’s PR (PR #20) to reflect the current master.

Author: philipyun

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

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"])

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:

rtmbot/core.py

@@ -48,15 +48,14 @@ def __init__(self, config):
         # 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:
             logging.info(debug_string)
 
     def connect(self):
         """Convenience method that creates Server instance"""
-        self.slack_client = SlackClient(self.token)
         self.slack_client.rtm_connect()
 
     def _start(self):