supportchecker's Introduction

Slack Hack Night

Installation

Requirements

Brew ( Video: How to Install )
NodeJS ( Video: How to Install )

MongoDB Installation

With Brew already installed you can run the following commands to install MongoDB, setup your database folder, and assign the correct permissions to it.

Note: MongoDB Installation is required but you can skip if you already have it installed.

brew install mongodb
sudo mkdir -p /data/db
sudo chown -R $(whoami): /data

Get the Code

Fork this repo onto your own github account.

In the top-right corner of this page, click Fork

Clone your forked repo to your laptop.

This will download the files into your current folder in terminal. Make certain to navigate to a folder where you want this project to live.

git clone your_forked_repo_url

Install the dependencies. Navigate to your code via terminal and command:

npm install

Additional Global Installs to make your life easier.

npm i -g nodemon

Get the Bot's Token

Obtain the Bot Token from the an Admin for your Slack. The link will be subdomain.slack.com/apps/A0F7YS25R-bots

Create an .env file on the root of your project with the token.

echo "REALTIME_SLACK_TOKEN=xoxb-............." > .env

Start Your Servers

Start your MongoDB server in a separate terminal window.

mongod

Start the bot.

nodemon src/server.js

Interacting / Testing the Bot

Interesting things the Bot Does

Send message to new user account that is created. (app/slack/onboard.js)
When the bot Starts, broadcast message (currently to #bot_test). (app/slack/default_connection.js)
Respond to reaction emoji added (app/slack/personality.js)
constantly ping heroku to prevent a sleep (app/app.js)