pingbot

pingbot

pingbot demo for using github.com/shomali11/slacker package

• Creating App in Slack
• Running the App locally
• Talking to ping bot

Creating App in Slack

• Create app by going to https://api.slack.com/apps

• Turn on socket mode.

  This will automatically create an app token will only see the token once, so save the token in a safe place like lastpass.

• Enable Event Subscriptions

  Add the app_mention and message.im events

• Add Oauth Scopes

  Go to Oauth & Permissions>Scopes

• Install App to Workspace

  

• Grab the Bot User OAuth Token

• Allow direct messages to bot

  Go to App Home and scroll down to Show Tabs and check the box allowing direct messages

  

Running the App locally

Set set env vars for the slack bot and app tokens

$ export SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=<YOUR_BOT_TOKEN>
$ export SLACK_APP_TOKEN=<YOUR_APP_TOKEN>

Run the pingbot

$ go run main.go
Connecting to Slack with Socket Mode.
Connected to Slack with Socket Mode.
Connected as App ID A02QYSEJ6HJ

Talking to ping bot