old_contents: #!/usr/bin/python
  # mostly a proxy object to abstract how some of this works
  
  import json
  
  from slackclient._server import Server
  
  class SlackClient(object):
      def __init__(self, token):
          self.token = token
          self.server = Server(self.token, False)
  
      def rtm_connect(self):
          try:
              self.server.rtm_connect()
              return True
          except:
              return False
  
      def api_call(self, method, **kwargs):
          return self.server.api_call(method, **kwargs)
  
      def rtm_read(self):
          # in the future, this should handle some events internally i.e. channel
          # creation
          if self.server:
              json_data = self.server.websocket_safe_read()
              data = []
              if json_data != '':
                  for d in json_data.split('\n'):
                      data.append(json.loads(d))
              for item in data:
                  self.process_changes(item)
              return data
          else:
              raise SlackNotConnected
  
      def rtm_send_message(self, channel, message):
          return self.server.channels.find(channel).send_message(message)
  
      def process_changes(self, data):
          if "type" in data.keys():
              if data["type"] == 'channel_created':
                  channel = data["channel"]
                  self.server.attach_channel(channel["name"], channel["id"], [])
              if data["type"] == 'im_created':
                  channel = data["channel"]
                  self.server.attach_channel(channel["user"], channel["id"], [])
              pass
  
  
  class SlackNotConnected(Exception):
      pass
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/python
  # mostly a proxy object to abstract how some of this works
  
  import json
  
  from slackclient._server import Server
  
  class SlackClient(object):
      def __init__(self, token):
          self.token = token
          self.server = Server(self.token, False)
  
      def rtm_connect(self):
          try:
              self.server.rtm_connect()
              return True
          except:
              return False
  
      def api_call(self, method, **kwargs):
          return self.server.api_call(method, **kwargs)
  
      def rtm_read(self):
          # in the future, this should handle some events internally i.e. channel
          # creation
          if self.server:
              json_data = self.server.websocket_safe_read()
              data = []
              if json_data != '':
                  for d in json_data.split('\n'):
                      data.append(json.loads(d))
              for item in data:
                  self.process_changes(item)
              return data
          else:
              raise SlackNotConnected
  
      def rtm_send_message(self, channel, message):
          return self.server.channels.find(channel).send_message(message)
  
      def process_changes(self, data):
          if "type" in data.keys():
              if data["type"] in ['channel_created', 'im_created']:
                  channel = data["channel"]
                  self.server.attach_channel(channel["name"], channel["id"], [])
  
  
  class SlackNotConnected(Exception):
      pass
  
subject: remove extraneous code from _client