slack-log-follower-bot

Synopsis

Simple slack bot that follows file for specific char sequence and notifies you when it appears.

Motivation

Made for personal use, to follow Maven build log, which takes forever for large projects.

Configuration

Setting up:

SLACK_BOT_TOKEN = "Your slack bot token"
BOT_ID = "Yout slack bot id"

You can find out about how to get bot token and more info at Slack API page

Note that app must run in same machine as your file you want to follow

Installation

Simply run bot.py after setting configuration as specefied above.

Usage

In Slack conversation with your bot type:

• "set file_name following_text"
  • Set a file to follow and text to wait for.
• "start"
  • Start following. It will notify you, when text occurs.
• "follow file_name following_text"
  • Set a file to follow and text to wait for and start following.
• "stop"
  • Stop following.

See it in action