Reaction-Bot - Responding to hashtags one gif at a time

Reaction-Bot is a SlackBot built with BotKit.

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Prerequisites

A Slack API Key is required to use Reaction-Bot. API Keys are created by registering a new Bot integration at https://{your-team-url}.slack.com/apps/manage/custom-integrations. You may need special permissions within your team to create a new Bot integration.

Installation

Reaction-Bot is available on Github at https://github.com/kieckhafer/reaction-bot

git clone git@github.com:kieckhafer/reaction-bot.git

After cloning the Git repository, you need to install the node dependencies. Navigate to the root of your cloned repository and use npm to install all necessary dependencies.

npm install

Use the --production flag to skip the installation of devDependencies.

npm install --production

Running Reaction-Bot

Reaction-Bot runs in Node.

To run a bare-bones version of Reaction-Bot, use the command line to navigate to the folder where Reaction-Bot lives, and type the following command:

TOKEN=<slack-api-key> node rbot.js

That's it! Now simply invite the bot user into whichever chat rooms you'd like it to be available in.

Reaction-Bot can also be initiated using a variety of node process managers such as nodemon, forever.js, and PM2.

Adding a new call & response

It's easy to create a new call & response - simply replace the KEYWORD and the RESPONSE in the code below.

botReply(['#KEYWORD'], [
    'RESPONSE 1'
]);

You can also have multiple keywords call the same response.

botReply(['#KEYWORD', 'KEYWORD2'], [
    'RESPONSE 1'
]);

Want to pull a random response from a list? Cool. You can.

botReply(['#KEYWORD'], [
    'RESPONSE 1',
    'RESPONSE 2',
    'RESPONSE 3'
]);

What does Reaction-Bot do?

Responds to our various #'s

#coffee
#stabbed
#struggleplate
etc.

Tells you your commute time from Reaction's Santa Monica office. Requires a Google Maps API key to be set as an environmental variable on startup.

TOKEN=<slack-api-key> MAPS_API=<google-maps-api-key> node rbot.js

#drivetime {address}
#walktime {address}
#biketime {address}
#choppertime {address}

Displays a live image of Earth from the Himawari-8 satellite. Requires a location to save images to, and a URL to view saved images, to be set as environmental variables on startup.

TOKEN=<slack-api-key> HIMAWARI_OUTFILE=<path-to-local-image> HIMAWARI_URL=<url-of-image> node rbot.js

#earthnow

See all the commands by asking Reaction-Bot for help

#bothelp or #bothelp-long

Expanded usage

You can do pretty much anything with BotKit. Feel free to expand on it in any way you want.