Python-slack-sdk: files.upload upload the file from bot and not from the user api

[Havivw]

[Havivw]

when I used 'files.upload' the method uploads the file from the user API and not from the slackbot (like post_message )

[greut]

the as_user setting seem to only affect the chat.postMessage call. https://api.slack.com/methods/chat.postMessage#authorship

[came]

+1

[Threynaud]

Same here, can't find where to fix this..

[greut]

It's probably a limitation on Slack's side. There is no as_user on the files.upload call.

[arshbot]

It's not a limitation on Slack's side. If you set up the 'Slack Button' or whatever, you can post messages as a bot.

https://api.slack.com/docs/slack-button

[greut]

@arshbot posting a message as a user works (as_user) but we are talking about uploading a file as a user.

[Redwid]

Hm, that issue opened almost two years ago and still exists :(
Does anybody had any workaround for that?

[tnrn9b]

I did upload a file using the bot. Just need to use the bot token generated.

[jeff-alfred]

What we want is "When the file was already automatically uploaded, the message will be like it's sent from bot rather than the user himself". We know it needs token.

[jeff-alfred]

@Redwid I Found! You can upload files as bot user with Bot User Token, just try it out.

[Redwid]

Thanks @jeff-alfred, that worked for me.
Looks like Slack changed something in their API. I can't find anymore that page where I obtained the bot token before.
Now I've created Slack application, installed into my workspace and invited my bot to all chats where it needed. And all uploads now is from my bot.

Link to slack documentation: https://api.slack.com/bot-users

[may811204]

Hi! dose anyone know have this problems been solved yet?
I created a bot-user and use the bot-user-token with the file upload api to send the files to some target members, but failed with the error {"ok":false,"error":"invalid_channel","channel":"DXXXXXXX"}
the channel id comes from the slack command post request.

[Redwid]

You need to invite your bot to the target channel.

[Roach]

Just to tie up any loose ends in here, here's how to upload a file as the Bot User:

Initialize the client with the Bot User OAuth Token, from you'r app's config panel:

```from slackclient import SlackClient

bot_token = os.environ["SLACK_BOT_TOKEN"]
sc = SlackClient(bot_token)

with open('thinking_very_much.png') as file_content:
sc.api_call(
"files.upload",
channels="C3UKJTQAC",
file=file_content,
title="Test upload"
)
```

The XOXP token shown above pertains the the user who authed your app, and file uploads sent using that token will be uploaded on behalf of the user.

The XOXB token shown above pertains the the bot user of your app itself, and file uploads sent using that token will be uploaded on behalf of the application.

[ibelal]

how to add username in file upload? like if I want to upload a file and username should be XYZ.
I have a working example here but in response username is empty and sent message display with App name _Demo App_.

response = slack.api_call(
                'files.upload',
                channels='#website',
                file=io.BytesIO(file.read()),
                title='File from slack api',
                initial_comment='Create by XYZ',
                username='XYZ',
            )