captain-hook

a slack bot to subscribe to npm webhook notifications

usage

/captain-hook subscribe <type: package||organization> <name> <sharedsecret>

local dev

captain-hook is a NodeJS application. if you don't have NodeJS you'll need to download it.

captain-hook uses a Postgres database.

up and running

1. Fork and clone this repo
2. cd captain-hook
3. npm install
4. Copy .envsample to .env and fill it out

variable	description
SLACK_API_TOKEN	Bot API token. You can find this on the Slack Developers site by navigating: Browse Apps > Custom Integrations > Bots Configurations on {{team_name}} > Edit configuration
SLACK_CHANNEL_ID	Name of the channel, i.e. #testing. Can also be ID number retrieved from the Slack API.
SHARED_SECRET	Any string.
DATABASE_URL	URL of your Postgres database. defaults to localhost:5432/dev

5. npm db:setup, creates a Postgres db, then runs Knex migrations and seeds
6. npm run dev, runs npm start and pipes output to nice logging You now have a service running on localhost:6666. You'll probably want to expose that to the internet for local development. ngrok is a great, free option.

web interface

the captain hook web interface is an express app. it servers basic CRUD functionality for the two resources: users and subscriptions.

to start it, run npm run start:web and then visit http://localhost:8080.