Slack Bots for Fun and Profit (Charm City JS)

Some recommendations about building Slack bots, given at the Charm City JS meet up in January 2017.

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1. building slack bots for fun and profit* *profit not included
2. @colestrode new talk,who dis? ! @colestrode (most places) @cfs (npm)
3. @colestrode
4. @colestrode
5. @colestrode
6. @colestrode
7. @colestrode you have some options...
8. @colestrode tim_eric_mindblown.gif
9. @colestrode
10. @colestrode interaction first
11. @colestrode
12. @colestrode just remember: hhafw
13. @colestrode help
14. @colestrode single team bots
15. @colestrode const request = require('request')
 const Ws = require('ws')
 
 // use Slack web API to get an RTM API URL
 request({
 method: 'GET',
 uri: `https://slack.com/api/rtm.start`,
 json: true,
 qs: {
 token: process.env.SLACK_TOKEN
 }
 },(err, res, body) => {
 // use the url to open a new websocket
 const rtm = new Ws(body.url, null, {agent: null})
 let lastMessageId = 0
 
 // this is where the magic will happen
 rtm.on('message', (event) => {
 const message = JSON.parse(event) const replyMessage = {
 id: ++lastMessageId,
 type: 'message',
 channel: message.channel,
 text: 'GO CUBS'
 } ! rtm.send(JSON.stringify(replyMessage))
 })
 }) https://github.com/colestrode/fun-and-profit/tree/master/examples/01
16. @colestrode interaction first design
17. @colestrode interaction first code
18. @colestrode meet skellington npm i -S skellington
19. @colestrode
20. @colestrode require('skellington')({
 slackToken: process.env.SLACK_TOKEN,
 plugins: [require('./plugin')]
 })
 https://github.com/colestrode/fun-and-profit/tree/master/examples/04
21. @colestrode module.exports = {
 init: function (controller) {
 controller.hears([/hello/], ['ambient'],(bot,message) => {
 bot.reply(message, 'GO CUBS')
 })
 
 controller.hears([/howdy/], ['ambient'],(bot,message) => {
 bot.reply(message, 'GO TRIBE')
 })
 }
 }
 ! https://github.com/colestrode/fun-and-profit/tree/master/examples/04
22. @colestrode module.exports = {
 init: init,
 help: {
 command: 'hello',
 text: 'Type `hello` or `howdy` and see what happens!'
 }
 } https://github.com/colestrode/fun-and-profit/tree/master/examples/04
23. @colestrode
24. @colestrode slack apps
25. @colestrode https://github.com/colestrode/fun-and-profit/tree/master/examples/05
26. @colestrode require('skellington')({
 clientId: process.env.CLIENT_ID,
 clientSecret: process.env.CLIENT_SECRET,
 port: 9000,
 botkit: {
 json_file_store: './db/' // persists auth across restarts
 },
 plugins: [require('./plugin')]
 }) https://github.com/colestrode/fun-and-profit/tree/master/examples/07
27. @colestrode module.exports => {
 init: init,
 help: {
 command: 'hello',
 text: 'Type `hello` or `howdy` and see what happens!'
 }
 }
 
 function init (controller) {
 controller.hears('hello', ['ambient'], (bot, message) => {
 bot.reply(message, 'GO CUBS')
 })
 
 controller.hears('howdy', ['ambient'], (bot, message) => {
 bot.reply(message, 'GO TRIBE')
 })
 }
 ! https://github.com/colestrode/fun-and-profit/tree/master/examples/07
28. @colestrode const skellington = require('skellington') ! skellington({
 slackToken: process.env.SLACK_TOKEN_1,
 plugins: [require('./plugin')]
 })
 ! ! skellington({
 slackToken: process.env.SLACK_TOKEN_2,
 plugins: [require('./another-plugin')]
 })
 https://github.com/Skellington-Closet/skellington/blob/master/test/functional/index.js
29. @colestrode resources https://github.com/Skellington-Closet/skellington ! https://github.com/colestrode/fun-and-profit ! https://my.slack.com/apps/build/custom-integration ! https://github.com/howdyai/botkit @colestrode