Slack Quizbot

A NodeJS module using Slack's RTM to create a Slack Quizbot to run quizzes in your Slack channel. There are some quizzes included but you can create your own quiz with the Slack Quizbot Quiz Builder.

Requirements

• Slack bot - instructions on how to create a bot for your team at https://api.slack.com/bot-users
• NodeJS - Download NodeJS from https://nodejs.org/download/

Installation

Create a folder and install the slackquizbot module at that location:

npm install slackquizbot

Create a myquizbot.js file containing the following, adding in your unique bot token:

var QuizBot = require('slackquizbot');
var myQuizBot = new QuizBot("_YOUR_SLACK_BOT_TOKEN_");

Start your Quizbot:

node myquizbot.js

Bot Commands

Make sure your bot is present in the channel you want to run the quiz in. All commands will also work in DMs with your bot so you can test these commands privately.

List quizzes

Ask Quizbot to tell you all the available quizzes

@quizbot list quizzes

Start quiz <quiz_id>

Start the general knowledge quiz

@quizbot start quiz general_knowledge

Answering questions

Whenever a question is active Quizbot will search for any matching answers automatically

Pause quiz

To pause a quiz for any reason

@quizbot pause quiz

Resume quiz

Resume a paused quiz

@quizbot resume quiz

Stop quiz

To prematurely stop a quiz

@quizbot stop quiz

Show scores

To list everyone's current score

@quizbot show scores

Create your own quizzes

You can create your own quizzes using the Slack Quizbot Quiz Builder. Once you've downloaded your JSON file, you can use it by either directly placing the file in a local folder called 'data' or in Slack you can DM the file to your Quizbot.