Zoom meetings to Slack status sync script

Provided Apple Script is useful for changing your Slack status and/or DnD mode while in Zoom meetings.

How to use it

1. Clone repository or simply download the zoom-to-slack-status-sync.applescript file
2. Open it with Script Editor on your Mac
3. Change the value of the slack_token variable to your token
4. You may want to change zoom_status_text and zoom_status_emoji variables to customise your custom status emoji and message
5. Run the script (you will need to grant Accessibility permission to Script Editor)

How to compile an app and run it when system starts

5. In Script Editor select File - Export menu
6. In Export dialog select Application as File Format and check Stay open after run handler checkbox
7. Save application to desired location
8. Open System Preferences - Users and Groups and switch to Login Items tab
9. Click on + button and choose previousy exported application
10. Grant Accessibility permission to the exported application on Privacy tab in System Preferences - Security and Privacy

Generating Slack token

• Go to https://api.slack.com/apps and authorize.

• Click on Create New App button, choose the name for your app and development workspace

• In the Add features and functionality block click on Permissions button

• Then in the Scopes block click Add an OAuth Scope button in User Token Scopes You will need following scopes enabled on your Slack token:

  • users.profile:read
  • users.profile:write
  • dnd:write

• After that install your app to your Slack workspace (you may need approval from org admins in some cases)

• After app installation you will get your Slack token