v0.5.0 crashes if can't get the channel list from Slack about slackin HOT 9 OPEN

Maybe your token is not admin or your internet connection is troubling... to download the list of channels, in my case it download more than 3MB.

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Definitely an API connection issue but (it seems) it wasn't our fault but the recent issue on Slack's side as you can see it on their status page https://status.slack.com/

IMO this (if Slack API is down) should be handled properly (presenting an error message for example) and should not crash the slackin server.

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Same issue. Slackin has actually been crashing on a daily basis with this error for me.

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For others facing this issue and looking for a solution: temporarily we fixed this by using Docker to run Slackin and we set a restart policy "always" for the container. Not an ideal fix but seems to be working.

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Having the same issue here as well. Crashes multiple times a day.

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Added this conditional and haven't had a crash in a few days. Not sure if its the best route, or if there will be any side effects. No issues apparent.

https://github.com/underscorephil/houstontech-site/blob/master/lib/slack.js#L45

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We're seeing this too :(

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Just started getting this problem. Will try reinstalling everything. Any advance on this?

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The problem appears to be on this: https://github.com/rauchg/slackin/blob/master/lib/slack.js#L24

A similar solution to what @underscorephil suggested may be the answer. But I can't fix it now. =/

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