From 98d8bde40c2d7a3212e5a1ec02fc29fe183577a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sourcery AI <>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 11:15:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 'Refactored by Sourcery'

---
 apigateway/slackbot/main.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apigateway/slackbot/main.py b/apigateway/slackbot/main.py
index ae659f2..458e9c8 100644
--- a/apigateway/slackbot/main.py
+++ b/apigateway/slackbot/main.py
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ def slackbot(request):
         message = event_data["event"]["message"]
         user = message.get("user")
         text = message.get("text")
-        channel = message["channel"]
-
         # Add your custom logic here to process and respond to the received message
 
         # Example: Reply to the message
         if user and text:
             reply = f"Thanks for your message, <@{user}>! You said: {text}"
+            channel = message["channel"]
+
             send_slack_message(channel, reply)
 
     # Respond with a 200 status code to acknowledge the event