Can this continue to function with the deprecation of legacy API tokens? about irc-slack HOT 9 CLOSED

is there an announced deprecation date? If so, we need an alternative method

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https://api.slack.com/legacy/custom-integrations/legacy-tokens
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This tool will not allow creation of new tokens beginning May 5th, 2020. Learn more about why you shouldn't use it anymore.

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If I understand correctly, the only option is to create a Slack App, and Slack Apps don't allow posting on behalf of the user. They also have to be installed on each Slack where they are used. If so, I believe that using Slack via IRC will not be possible anymore after legacy tokens are disabled

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If I'm reading the documentation correct it should still be possible to impersonate the user with Apps: https://api.slack.com/messaging/sending#impersonation. We'd need to use user token with the App https://api.slack.com/authentication/token-types#user

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yes it's possible with the approach you suggested, and if I understand correctly we need to write a small app with the appropriate permissions to retrieve the user token. I hope there's a simpler approach, but meanwhile I'm looking into what it takes to get such token with the right permissions

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In #99 I'm trying the Oauth token approach, please take a look

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I've merged #99. Needs more validation with the users who have trouble with that approach

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This is fixed by #108 . No legacy token nor app installation is required when using xoxc tokens with auth cookie

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I think we are all set here and we can survive the legacy token shutdown

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