Before you can run your app you need to put your bot token into the environment.

Note: This is the same token you copied at the end of Step 1.

• Add this token to your environment variables:

$ export SLACK_BOT_TOKEN='xoxb-XXXXXXXXXXXX-xxxxxxxxxxxx-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'

• 🏁Run your app

$ python3 app.py
-> The Websocket connection has been opened.

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