Building Bots For Fun And (No) Profit - WPDSM

Lightning talk building bots with the WordPress REST API as a platform for content.

Blog Posts On Topic: https://heykramer.com/blog
WordPress Plugins: https://heykramer.com/wpcode
Node.js Bot Code: https://heykramer.com/botcode
Explore Custom REST API: https://heykramer.com/api

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1. Building Bots For Fun
   and (No) Profit
   Using WordPress As A Platform
   @abrudtkuhl
   

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2. WordPress as a
   Platform or Service
   

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3. WordPress
   WP Theme
   Facebook
   Slack
   Node.js
   WordPress
   REST API
   (+ extensions )
   Twitter
   Request
   Response
   Traditional
   

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4. Why Extend REST API
   • WP REST API has a predefined data structure
   and response that may not work for you
   • Custom Endpoints allow custom queries
   • Include more data like custom fields in query
   and response
   

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5. Extending The API
   

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6. Slack Slash Command
   

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7. Slack Bot
   Node.js and WordPress REST API
   

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8. Slack OAuth
   

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9. ALL THE LINKS
   • heykramer.com/api

   API Definition, Auto Discovery
   • heykramer.com/wpcode

   WordPress Code
   • heykramer.com/botcode

   Node.js Code
   • heykramer.com/blog

   Blog post about building everything
   

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