starter-slapp-app

This repository is meant as an example and starting point for building a Slack app on Beep Boop. It's written in node.js, uses the Slapp library, and takes advantage of the Slack Events API.

Setup Instructions

Once you've created a new Beep Boop project with this repo, go to your project's Settings tab and enable a Slack App.

Follow the steps laid out in the wizard. You'll want to enable Event Subscriptions on your Slack App using the URL provided and add subscriptions for the following Bot Events:

• message.channels
• message.im

🔥 it up

Once you've finished setting up your Slack App and saved the Client ID, Client Secret and Verification Token on Beep Boop, go ahead and Start your project.

Once your project has started, go to the Teams tab and add your new Slack App to one of your Slack teams.

Send @slappbot a Direct Message of help to see what it can do.

how to set your bot to online ?

Formely it wasn't possible to set your bot to "online" easily but after some updates slack now allow it. To do so, you just have to go through this link Then choose your app. After you'll get a link like this https://api.slack.com/apps/XXDDEEZ/bots Here's an illustration : You can now toggle or untoggle off your bot with the appropriate button 😄