avalonx-slackbot

Installation

Create your virtual environment and install dependencies:

• virtualenv venv --python=python3.7
• source venv/bin/activate
• pip install -r requirements.txt

Copy the Bot User OAuth Access Token from the Slack workspace into config.py under SLACK_BOT_TOKEN

Copy the Signing Secret from the App Credentials page on the Slack workspace into config.py under SLACK_VERIFICATION_TOKEN

Running

Run app.py. This will start the Flask web framework.

Testing

Download and install Postman (https://www.getpostman.com/). Create a new collection. Add a new POST request with the following details:

• Address: 127.0.0.1:5000/some-endpoint. Example 127.0.0.1:5000/slack/test: This will reach the /slack/test endpoint defined in server.py. In the Headers field, add:
• Authorization | Bearer the client secret from app credentials page in slack workspace
• Content-Type | application/json

Change the body field to be raw and make sure the type is set to application/json and send the following body:

{
	"channel_name": "alfred-dev",
	"message": "test message!"
}

Press send. Postman will now send a request to your local server running Flask, which in turn will use the Slack API for communicating to our workspace!

SF JWT Setup

https://gist.github.com/booleangate/30d345ecf0617db0ea19c54c7a44d06f