[ERROR] not_allowed_token_type error on new bot app

I have created a brand new bot app (21 feb 2020). I the put my new bot oauth token in the init:

// Slack bot
                self.bot = new SlackBot({
                    token: self._options.slack.botToken,
                    name: self._options.slack.botName,
                    // (boolean, defaults: false) whether to open websocket connection to listen to incoming messages, 
                    // set to true for one time use
                    disconnect: false
                });

where the bot oauth token starts with xoxb-, but I get the not_allowed_token_type in the event

// slack bot error
                self.bot.on('error', (error) => {
                    error = error || new Error('slack connection error');
                    self.logger.error("Channel slack connection error", error.toString());
                    return reject(error);
                });

[TomKulakov]

Are you guys ever planning to fix this? A few months later I have the same error after a fresh new project, and creating a new app bot. I was following this tutorial. https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/building-a-slackbot-with-node-js-and-slackbots-js/ “slackbots”: “^1.2.0”

[baob]

Can confirm, same issue here too… claims are that RTM is not allowed and that the issue can be solved if you make a simple slack app instead of a bot

I can confirm both that it’s an existing issue AND that the workarounds suggested are fine. Here’s what I said in the README of the app I’m building

Creating the slack app

MUST create CLASSIC slack app here and not the new style granular permissions app. After that create a legacy app user then install the app to the workspace. Then the Bot Oauthh token will work.

Related docs:

• RTM docs has link at the bottom of the page
• SlackBots.js issue 145 documents the issue and workaround.
• node slack sdk issue 921 discusses in depth