genericSlackBotkit_RTM

Slack Botkit using Real Time Messaging (RTM via outbound WebSocket, not inbound HTTP ports as with events API)

Based on Botkit for Slack

Get Started

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/ernestgwilsonii/genericSlackBotkit_RTM.git

Install:

cd genericSlackBotkit_RTM
npm install

Get a Slack Bot API Token

Launch the bot:

slackToken=YourSlackTokenGoesHere node bot.js

Docker:

./docker_buil.sh
docker run -it --rm --name perceptron -e slackToken=xoxb-NNNNNNNNNNN-NNNNNNNNNNNN-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ernestgwilsonii/perceptron:v1.0.0

AWS Secrets Manager (optional):

aws secretsmanager --region us-east-1 create-secret --name botkit --description "Botkit Secrets" --secret-string file://secrets.json
aws secretsmanager --region us-east-1 get-secret-value --secret-id botkit

Future: https://github.com/sohlex/botkit-rasa