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how to get actions result from slack api's attachment

How to receive attachment actions using python SlackClient. How to get user's reply?

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Code : 

intro_msg = json.dumps([{"text": "Choose an action", "fallback": "You are unable to choose an option",
                                     "callback_id": "lunch_intro", "color": "#3AA3E3", "attachment_type": "default",
                                     "actions": [
                                         {"name": "enroll", "text": "Enroll", "type": "button", "value": "enroll"},
                                         {"name": "leave", "text": "Leave", "type": "button", "value": "leave"}]}])
result = self.sc.api_call("chat.postMessage", channel=channel, text="What would you like to do?",attachments=intro_msg,as_user=True)

https://api.slack.com/interactive-messages

Solution
    1. Define a Slack app
    2. Your app (Python script) needs to run on a public webserver that can be reached by Slack (can also by your local machine if you use tools like ngrok)
    3. Put the URL for your app as "request URL" in your Slack app configuration under "Interactive messages"
    4. Once the user clicks one of the button, Slack will call your app with a POST request which will contain the action that the use chose

    Check out the documentation you linked for details like how the data structure of the Slack request looks like.