This repository is no longer maintained. I have also moved this logic to a Go libary at https://github.com/imdevinc/go-fifa with a client available at https://github.com/imdevinc/fifa-bot

Slack wc-watcher

This bot uses the undocumented FIFA API's to report on World Cup matches. It will check every 60 seconds for new events. The following events are reported:

• Goals scored
• Yellow/Red cards
• Substitutions
• Match start/stop
• Penalty kicks missed/scored

Sample

Usage

1. Setup a new Slack App (https://api.slack.com/apps) with Webhook permission
2. Copy private.py.config to private.py
3. In private.py, change WEBHOOK_URL to point to your Slack webhook
   • If you want to see debug information, which currently pings a heartbeat every hour, also fill in the DEBUG_WEBHOOK url with a Slack webhook and set DEBUG = True
   • You can also set WC_COMPETITION = None in soccerbot.py to get all current FIFA matches and see what the output looks like. Just make sure to change it back to WC_COMPETITION = 17 for world cup only
4. In private.py, change CHANNEL to the desired channel in your Slack space
5. Use pip install -r requirements.txt
6. Run python soccerbot.py

Card emoji

1. Go to https://slack.com/customize/emoji
2. Enter yellow_card_new as name
3. Upload hand_yellow_card.png
4. Save emoji

Repeat for red_card_new and hand_red_card.png