Slack Update Status

Set your Slack status to a certain location, be it 🏡 or ☕ (or some custom emoji), based on your location.

You list a set of locations, if you're at that place, then your status is set to

:pick an emoji: My custom status

If you are at a location not on the list, then your status is set the else-default

☕ At a coffee shop

Setup

Clone the repo:

git clone git@github.com:mantebridts/slack-update-status.git

Install everything:

xcode-select --install
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
bundle install
brew cask install corelocationcli
CoreLocationCLI -json

The last line should output an address. If you see this, everything works fine.

Create a file in config/slack.yml that looks like this. You can use config/slack.yml.example as a template.

oauth_key: "xoxp-this-is-a-totally-real-oauth-key"
kontich:
  address:
    - Kontich // This string is used for matchmaking against your current location, pick anything, such as a straat and number, or just the city or country
  slack:
    message: "@ HQ"
    emoji: ":house:"
else:
  slack:
    message: "Probably in a meeting ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
    emoji: ":spiral_calendar_pad:"

Another example:

Instructions for getting an OAuth-key are below.

You can test your setup by running

./bin/update-slack-status

It should update your status on Slack (don't forget to allow the script to access your location).

Automatically updating your status

Setup a cron job that runs every five minutes and runs bin/update-slack-status, use this command to use nano to edit the crontab-file:

export VISUAL=nano; crontab -e

and put this line in the file

*/5 * * * * cd /Users/yourname/path/to/code/slack-wifi-status && ./bin/update-slack-status > /dev/null 2> /dev/null

Detailed OAuth instructions

To complete the setup, you'll need an legacy-token for Slack.

Go to https://api.slack.com/custom-integrations/legacy-tokens

Create a new token for the organization you're going to be changing your status on.

Slack will then give you an access token. Copy it and stick it in config/slack.yml.