A slackbot used to give recommendations for lunch spots and happy hours.
- nodejs to run the bot
- maybe some python for the backend stuff
- maybe some mongo for the database stuff
- probably javascript for the top-level/user-interaction stuff
- Botkit to make our lives easier https://howdy.ai/botkit/
Download and install the botkit
git clone [email protected]:howdyai/botkit.git
cd botkit
npm install
Copy the lib folder into the lunchbot repo.
Get the token from https://thelunchcrew.slack.com/services/B345QSEDV (don't generate a new one unless you believe it to be compromised)
NEVER SHARE THIS TOKEN WITH ANYONE OUTSIDE THE PROJECT
Start lunchbot with the following command (currently using a demo file):
token=REPLACE_THIS_WITH_YOUR_TOKEN nodejs slack_bot.js
I have no idea what happens when multiple users try to start up the same bot. Let's try to avoid that.