slack is a Python package that provides an interface to Slack listed officially on slack.com.
Install via pip
$ pip install pyslack
Install from source:
$ git clone git://github.com/kn/slack.git
$ cd slack
$ python setup.py install
You need to get your Slack token from api.slack.com.
import slack
import slack.chat
slack.api_token = 'your_token'
slack.chat.post_message('#eng', 'Hello slackers!', username='mybot')
import slack.users
slack.users.list()All methods in a preview release of Slack API are available.