Simple HTTP server to accept Slack Event Subscriptions POST

slack-auth.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
import BaseHTTPServer
import optparse
import time
import socket
import simplejson


# https://api.slack.com/events-api#events_api_request_urls
class slackhttp(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_OPTIONS(self):
        self.do_POST()

    def do_send_response(self, code, message):
        try:
            self.send_response(code)
            self.send_header("Content-type", "text/plain")
            self.end_headers()
            self.wfile.write(message)
        except socket.error as e:
            pass

    def do_POST(self):
        print "in post method"
        self.data_string = self.rfile.read(int(self.headers['Content-Length']))

        self.send_response(200)
        self.end_headers()

        data = simplejson.loads(self.data_string)
        print(data)
        self.do_send_response(200, data['challenge'])


if __name__ == '__main__':
    server_class = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer

    httpd = server_class(('',80), slackhttp)
    httpd.serve_forever()