feat: add ai-enabled features text streaming methods, feedback blocks, and loading state

docs/english/concepts/message-sending.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Within your listener function, `say()` is available whenever there is an associa
 In the case that you'd like to send a message outside of a listener or you want to do something more advanced (like handle specific errors), you can call `client.chat_postMessage` [using the client attached to your Bolt instance](/tools/bolt-python/concepts/web-api).
 
 Refer to [the module document](https://docs.slack.dev/tools/bolt-python/reference/kwargs_injection/args.html) to learn the available listener arguments.
+
 ```python
 # Listens for messages containing "knock knock" and responds with an italicized "who's there?"
 @app.message("knock knock")
@@ -38,4 +39,61 @@ def show_datepicker(event, say):
             blocks=blocks,
             text="Pick a date for me to remind you"
         )
-```
+```
+
+## Streaming messages {#streaming-messages}
+
+You can have your app's messages stream in to replicate conventional AI chatbot behavior. This is done through three Web API methods:
+
+* [`chat_startStream`](/reference/methods/chat.startstream)
+* [`chat_appendStream`](/reference/methods/chat.appendstream)
+* [`chat_stopStream`](/reference/methods/chat.stopstream)
+
+The Python Slack SDK provides a [`chat_stream()`](https://docs.slack.dev/tools/python-slack-sdk/reference/web/client.html#slack_sdk.web.client.WebClient.chat_stream) helper utility to streamline calling these methods. Here's an excerpt from our [Assistant template app](https://github.com/slack-samples/bolt-python-assistant-template):
+
+```python
+streamer = client.chat_stream(
+    channel=channel_id,
+    recipient_team_id=team_id,
+    recipient_user_id=user_id,
+    thread_ts=thread_ts,
+)
+
+# response from your LLM of choice; OpenAI is the example here
+for event in returned_message:
+    if event.type == "response.output_text.delta":
+        streamer.append(markdown_text=f"{event.delta}")
+    else:
+        continue
+
+feedback_block = create_feedback_block()
+streamer.stop(blocks=feedback_block)
+```
+
+In that example, a [feedback buttons](/reference/block-kit/block-elements/feedback-buttons-element) block element is passed to `streamer.stop` to provide feedback buttons to the user at the bottom of the message. Interaction with these buttons will send a block action event to your app to receive the feedback.
+
+```python
+def create_feedback_block() -> List[Block]:
+    blocks: List[Block] = [
+        ContextActionsBlock(
+            elements=[
+                FeedbackButtonsElement(
+                    action_id="feedback",
+                    positive_button=FeedbackButtonObject(
+                        text="Good Response",
+                        accessibility_label="Submit positive feedback on this response",
+                        value="good-feedback",
+                    ),
+                    negative_button=FeedbackButtonObject(
+                        text="Bad Response",
+                        accessibility_label="Submit negative feedback on this response",
+                        value="bad-feedback",
+                    ),
+                )
+            ]
+        )
+    ]
+    return blocks
+```
+
+For information on calling the `chat_*Stream` API methods without the helper utility, see the [_Sending streaming messages_](/tools/python-slack-sdk/web#sending-streaming-messages) section of the Python Slack SDK docs.

docs/reference/app/app.html

@@ -1195,7 +1195,9 @@ <h2 class="section-title" id="header-classes">Classes</h2>
         middleware: Optional[Sequence[Union[Callable, Middleware]]] = None,
     ) -&gt; Callable[..., Optional[Callable[..., Optional[BoltResponse]]]]:
         &#34;&#34;&#34;Registers a new `view_submission` listener.
-        Refer to https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission for details.&#34;&#34;&#34;
+        Refer to https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission for
+        details.
+        &#34;&#34;&#34;
 
         def __call__(*args, **kwargs):
             functions = self._to_listener_functions(kwargs) if kwargs else list(args)
@@ -3018,7 +3020,9 @@ <h2 id="args">Args</h2>
     middleware: Optional[Sequence[Union[Callable, Middleware]]] = None,
 ) -&gt; Callable[..., Optional[Callable[..., Optional[BoltResponse]]]]:
     &#34;&#34;&#34;Registers a new `view_submission` listener.
-    Refer to https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission for details.&#34;&#34;&#34;
+    Refer to https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission for
+    details.
+    &#34;&#34;&#34;
 
     def __call__(*args, **kwargs):
         functions = self._to_listener_functions(kwargs) if kwargs else list(args)
@@ -3028,7 +3032,8 @@ <h2 id="args">Args</h2>
     return __call__</code></pre>
 </details>
 <div class="desc"><p>Registers a new <code>view_submission</code> listener.
-Refer to <a href="https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission">https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission</a> for details.</p></div>
+Refer to <a href="https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission">https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission</a> for
+details.</p></div>
 </dd>
 </dl>
 </dd>

docs/reference/app/async_app.html

@@ -1215,7 +1215,9 @@ <h2 class="section-title" id="header-classes">Classes</h2>
         middleware: Optional[Sequence[Union[Callable, AsyncMiddleware]]] = None,
     ) -&gt; Callable[..., Optional[Callable[..., Awaitable[Optional[BoltResponse]]]]]:
         &#34;&#34;&#34;Registers a new `view_submission` listener.
-        Refer to https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission for details.&#34;&#34;&#34;
+        Refer to https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission for
+        details.
+        &#34;&#34;&#34;
 
         def __call__(*args, **kwargs):
             functions = self._to_listener_functions(kwargs) if kwargs else list(args)
@@ -3075,7 +3077,9 @@ <h2 id="args">Args</h2>
     middleware: Optional[Sequence[Union[Callable, AsyncMiddleware]]] = None,
 ) -&gt; Callable[..., Optional[Callable[..., Awaitable[Optional[BoltResponse]]]]]:
     &#34;&#34;&#34;Registers a new `view_submission` listener.
-    Refer to https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission for details.&#34;&#34;&#34;
+    Refer to https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission for
+    details.
+    &#34;&#34;&#34;
 
     def __call__(*args, **kwargs):
         functions = self._to_listener_functions(kwargs) if kwargs else list(args)
@@ -3085,7 +3089,8 @@ <h2 id="args">Args</h2>
     return __call__</code></pre>
 </details>
 <div class="desc"><p>Registers a new <code>view_submission</code> listener.
-Refer to <a href="https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission">https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission</a> for details.</p></div>
+Refer to <a href="https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission">https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission</a> for
+details.</p></div>
 </dd>
 <dt id="slack_bolt.app.async_app.AsyncApp.web_app"><code class="name flex">
 <span>def <span class="ident">web_app</span></span>(<span>self, path: str = '/slack/events', port: int = 3000) ‑> aiohttp.web_app.Application</span>

docs/reference/app/index.html

@@ -1214,7 +1214,9 @@ <h2 class="section-title" id="header-classes">Classes</h2>
         middleware: Optional[Sequence[Union[Callable, Middleware]]] = None,
     ) -&gt; Callable[..., Optional[Callable[..., Optional[BoltResponse]]]]:
         &#34;&#34;&#34;Registers a new `view_submission` listener.
-        Refer to https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission for details.&#34;&#34;&#34;
+        Refer to https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission for
+        details.
+        &#34;&#34;&#34;
 
         def __call__(*args, **kwargs):
             functions = self._to_listener_functions(kwargs) if kwargs else list(args)
@@ -3037,7 +3039,9 @@ <h2 id="args">Args</h2>
     middleware: Optional[Sequence[Union[Callable, Middleware]]] = None,
 ) -&gt; Callable[..., Optional[Callable[..., Optional[BoltResponse]]]]:
     &#34;&#34;&#34;Registers a new `view_submission` listener.
-    Refer to https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission for details.&#34;&#34;&#34;
+    Refer to https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission for
+    details.
+    &#34;&#34;&#34;
 
     def __call__(*args, **kwargs):
         functions = self._to_listener_functions(kwargs) if kwargs else list(args)
@@ -3047,7 +3051,8 @@ <h2 id="args">Args</h2>
     return __call__</code></pre>
 </details>
 <div class="desc"><p>Registers a new <code>view_submission</code> listener.
-Refer to <a href="https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission">https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission</a> for details.</p></div>
+Refer to <a href="https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission">https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission</a> for
+details.</p></div>
 </dd>
 </dl>
 </dd>

docs/reference/async_app.html

@@ -1306,7 +1306,9 @@ <h3>Class variables</h3>
         middleware: Optional[Sequence[Union[Callable, AsyncMiddleware]]] = None,
     ) -&gt; Callable[..., Optional[Callable[..., Awaitable[Optional[BoltResponse]]]]]:
         &#34;&#34;&#34;Registers a new `view_submission` listener.
-        Refer to https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission for details.&#34;&#34;&#34;
+        Refer to https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission for
+        details.
+        &#34;&#34;&#34;
 
         def __call__(*args, **kwargs):
             functions = self._to_listener_functions(kwargs) if kwargs else list(args)
@@ -3166,7 +3168,9 @@ <h2 id="args">Args</h2>
     middleware: Optional[Sequence[Union[Callable, AsyncMiddleware]]] = None,
 ) -&gt; Callable[..., Optional[Callable[..., Awaitable[Optional[BoltResponse]]]]]:
     &#34;&#34;&#34;Registers a new `view_submission` listener.
-    Refer to https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission for details.&#34;&#34;&#34;
+    Refer to https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission for
+    details.
+    &#34;&#34;&#34;
 
     def __call__(*args, **kwargs):
         functions = self._to_listener_functions(kwargs) if kwargs else list(args)
@@ -3176,7 +3180,8 @@ <h2 id="args">Args</h2>
     return __call__</code></pre>
 </details>
 <div class="desc"><p>Registers a new <code>view_submission</code> listener.
-Refer to <a href="https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission">https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission</a> for details.</p></div>
+Refer to <a href="https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission">https://docs.slack.dev/reference/interaction-payloads/view-interactions-payload/#view_submission</a> for
+details.</p></div>
 </dd>
 <dt id="slack_bolt.async_app.AsyncApp.web_app"><code class="name flex">
 <span>def <span class="ident">web_app</span></span>(<span>self, path: str = '/slack/events', port: int = 3000) ‑> aiohttp.web_app.Application</span>
@@ -5158,6 +5163,7 @@ <h3>Class variables</h3>
         icon_emoji: Optional[str] = None,
         icon_url: Optional[str] = None,
         username: Optional[str] = None,
+        markdown_text: Optional[str] = None,
         mrkdwn: Optional[bool] = None,
         link_names: Optional[bool] = None,
         parse: Optional[str] = None,  # none, full
@@ -5183,6 +5189,7 @@ <h3>Class variables</h3>
                     icon_emoji=icon_emoji,
                     icon_url=icon_url,
                     username=username,
+                    markdown_text=markdown_text,
                     mrkdwn=mrkdwn,
                     link_names=link_names,
                     parse=parse,
@@ -5248,11 +5255,18 @@ <h3>Class variables</h3>
         self.channel_id = channel_id
         self.thread_ts = thread_ts
 
-    async def __call__(self, status: str) -&gt; AsyncSlackResponse:
+    async def __call__(
+        self,
+        status: str,
+        loading_messages: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -&gt; AsyncSlackResponse:
         return await self.client.assistant_threads_setStatus(
-            status=status,
             channel_id=self.channel_id,
             thread_ts=self.thread_ts,
+            status=status,
+            loading_messages=loading_messages,
+            **kwargs,
         )</code></pre>
 </details>
 <div class="desc"></div>
@@ -5298,7 +5312,7 @@ <h3>Class variables</h3>
 
     async def __call__(
         self,
-        prompts: List[Union[str, Dict[str, str]]],
+        prompts: Sequence[Union[str, Dict[str, str]]],
         title: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -&gt; AsyncSlackResponse:
         prompts_arg: List[Dict[str, str]] = []

docs/reference/context/say/async_say.html

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ <h2 class="section-title" id="header-classes">Classes</h2>
         icon_emoji: Optional[str] = None,
         icon_url: Optional[str] = None,
         username: Optional[str] = None,
+        markdown_text: Optional[str] = None,
         mrkdwn: Optional[bool] = None,
         link_names: Optional[bool] = None,
         parse: Optional[str] = None,  # none, full
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ <h2 class="section-title" id="header-classes">Classes</h2>
                     icon_emoji=icon_emoji,
                     icon_url=icon_url,
                     username=username,
+                    markdown_text=markdown_text,
                     mrkdwn=mrkdwn,
                     link_names=link_names,
                     parse=parse,

docs/reference/context/say/index.html

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ <h2 class="section-title" id="header-classes">Classes</h2>
         icon_emoji: Optional[str] = None,
         icon_url: Optional[str] = None,
         username: Optional[str] = None,
+        markdown_text: Optional[str] = None,
         mrkdwn: Optional[bool] = None,
         link_names: Optional[bool] = None,
         parse: Optional[str] = None,  # none, full
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ <h2 class="section-title" id="header-classes">Classes</h2>
                     icon_emoji=icon_emoji,
                     icon_url=icon_url,
                     username=username,
+                    markdown_text=markdown_text,
                     mrkdwn=mrkdwn,
                     link_names=link_names,
                     parse=parse,

docs/reference/context/say/say.html

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ <h2 class="section-title" id="header-classes">Classes</h2>
         icon_emoji: Optional[str] = None,
         icon_url: Optional[str] = None,
         username: Optional[str] = None,
+        markdown_text: Optional[str] = None,
         mrkdwn: Optional[bool] = None,
         link_names: Optional[bool] = None,
         parse: Optional[str] = None,  # none, full
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ <h2 class="section-title" id="header-classes">Classes</h2>
                     icon_emoji=icon_emoji,
                     icon_url=icon_url,
                     username=username,
+                    markdown_text=markdown_text,
                     mrkdwn=mrkdwn,
                     link_names=link_names,
                     parse=parse,

docs/reference/context/set_status/async_set_status.html

@@ -70,11 +70,18 @@ <h2 class="section-title" id="header-classes">Classes</h2>
         self.channel_id = channel_id
         self.thread_ts = thread_ts
 
-    async def __call__(self, status: str) -&gt; AsyncSlackResponse:
+    async def __call__(
+        self,
+        status: str,
+        loading_messages: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -&gt; AsyncSlackResponse:
         return await self.client.assistant_threads_setStatus(
-            status=status,
             channel_id=self.channel_id,
             thread_ts=self.thread_ts,
+            status=status,
+            loading_messages=loading_messages,
+            **kwargs,
         )</code></pre>
 </details>
 <div class="desc"></div>

docs/reference/context/set_status/index.html

@@ -81,11 +81,18 @@ <h2 class="section-title" id="header-classes">Classes</h2>
         self.channel_id = channel_id
         self.thread_ts = thread_ts
 
-    def __call__(self, status: str) -&gt; SlackResponse:
+    def __call__(
+        self,
+        status: str,
+        loading_messages: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -&gt; SlackResponse:
         return self.client.assistant_threads_setStatus(
-            status=status,
             channel_id=self.channel_id,
             thread_ts=self.thread_ts,
+            status=status,
+            loading_messages=loading_messages,
+            **kwargs,
         )</code></pre>
 </details>
 <div class="desc"></div>

docs/reference/context/set_status/set_status.html

@@ -70,11 +70,18 @@ <h2 class="section-title" id="header-classes">Classes</h2>
         self.channel_id = channel_id
         self.thread_ts = thread_ts
 
-    def __call__(self, status: str) -&gt; SlackResponse:
+    def __call__(
+        self,
+        status: str,
+        loading_messages: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -&gt; SlackResponse:
         return self.client.assistant_threads_setStatus(
-            status=status,
             channel_id=self.channel_id,
             thread_ts=self.thread_ts,
+            status=status,
+            loading_messages=loading_messages,
+            **kwargs,
         )</code></pre>
 </details>
 <div class="desc"></div>

docs/reference/context/set_suggested_prompts/async_set_suggested_prompts.html

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ <h2 class="section-title" id="header-classes">Classes</h2>
 
     async def __call__(
         self,
-        prompts: List[Union[str, Dict[str, str]]],
+        prompts: Sequence[Union[str, Dict[str, str]]],
         title: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -&gt; AsyncSlackResponse:
         prompts_arg: List[Dict[str, str]] = []

docs/reference/context/set_suggested_prompts/index.html

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ <h2 class="section-title" id="header-classes">Classes</h2>
 
     def __call__(
         self,
-        prompts: List[Union[str, Dict[str, str]]],
+        prompts: Sequence[Union[str, Dict[str, str]]],
         title: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -&gt; SlackResponse:
         prompts_arg: List[Dict[str, str]] = []

docs/reference/context/set_suggested_prompts/set_suggested_prompts.html

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ <h2 class="section-title" id="header-classes">Classes</h2>
 
     def __call__(
         self,
-        prompts: List[Union[str, Dict[str, str]]],
+        prompts: Sequence[Union[str, Dict[str, str]]],
         title: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -&gt; SlackResponse:
         prompts_arg: List[Dict[str, str]] = []