This Sinatra API converts custom Slack commands into Bot messages.
The API will post to your current channel by default, but you can specify a channel: /late 10AM #another_channel
Example:
A /late 10AM command converts to a text response Hey team, I'm gonna be in around 10AM.
- RVM
- Sinatra
- Testing: RSpec
git clonethe appcdinto the folder.- Bundle the gems.
bundle install - Set your Slack webhook environment variable. Create a
.envfile. Populate it with aSLACK_URLvariable for your app's incoming webhook. - Run the app with
bundle exec passenger start
Create a message object that constructs a message, gives the bot a name, and gives it an emoji.
class YourCommandMessage
def construct_message(text, user_name)
"This text will show up in Slack and can show the #{user_name} of who issued the command, along the #{text} of the command"
end
# Your bot will be named 'Your-Command-Bot'
def bot_name
'Your-Command-Bot'
end
# This will show a whale icon for your chat bot
def icon_emoji
':whale:'
end
end
Add a post url to app.rb
# ...
require_relative 'your_command_message'
# ...
post '/your_command_url' do
response = Response.new(params, YourCommandMessage.new)
Slack.new(response).post
end
# ...
Done.
- Head to the spec folder.
cd spec - Run the tests with
rspec --color --format documentation
Maintainer: Joshua Plicque If you have any questions, send me a tweet.