samuele-mattiuzzo / sambotto-slackbotto

Simple example of a simple slackbot - Slackbotto!

sambotto-slackbotto

Sambotto is a simple tutorial-styled slack bot that uses Slack's RTM to respond to in channel messages with some basic actions.

Setup

Requirements

• Python3
• Slackclient (found in requirements.txt)
• A Slack Bot user

Installation

1. Follow the instructions to create a classic app, install it into your workspace (you'll have to add scopes to it; remember, it needs to be a CLASSIC APP or RTM won't work!)
2. Clone this repository git clone https://github.com/samuele-mattiuzzo/sambotto-slackbotto.git and cd into the new directory
3. Copy config.ini.example to config.ini and copy the APP's BOT_TOKEN (without double-quotes)
4. Create a virtualenv python3 -m venv .env
5. Activate the virtualenv source .env/bin/activate
6. Install the dependencies python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

From your terminal, simply run python3 slackbot.py and interact with the bot in the channel you've invited it to!

If you don't know how to start, simply type help in the channel and follow the bot's instructions.