recursivecurry / slack-translator

You can translate your chat using slack translator.

Slack Translator

You can translate your chat using slack translator.

How to Setup

You need to setup the following environment variables to integrate with Slack:

• SLACK_API_TOKEN: You can get the API Token from Slack Web API
• SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: You can get the Incoming Webhook URL from here

Also, you need to choose a translator vendor to use:

• TRANSLATE_ENGINE: The handle name of the translator vendor. Currently only support google and naver. google by default.

Google translator

If you choose google as your TRANSLATE_ENGINE, you need to add one more environment variable for Google Translate API as well:

• GOOGLE_API_KEY: You can get the API Key from Google Developers Console

Naver translator

If you choose naver as your TRANSLATE_ENGINE, you need to add two more environment variable for Naver Translator API as well:

• NAVER_CLIENT_ID/ NAVER_CLIENT_SECRET : You can get the API Key from Naver Developer Website

Then you can add Slash Commands to use translator.

1. Commands: /[target language]
2. URL: https://[host]/[source language]/[target language]
3. Method: POST

For example, if you are using Korean, and you want to add Korean->Japanese translation command, try to add Slash command like this.

1. Commands: /ja
2. URL: https://[host]/ko/ja
3. Method: POST