Away Bot

A Slack bot that will inform channels of away users when mentioned with the @ symbol. Only posts in channels when users have set an away message, and when those users are not active.

Usage

Away Bot can be used in a private message to awaybot, or by mentioning it in a channel that it's a member of.

The following commands are available:

• get: Gets the current away message for your user.
• get @username: Gets the current away message for the username provided.
• set [message]: Sets the current away message for your user.
• clear: Removes the current away message for your user.
• help: Displays the help menu.

Running

You can run Away Bot manually with the following command: $ token=BOT_API_TOKEN node src/index.js

A docker image is also provided at rfratto/awaybot.

Alternatively, you can use the Dockerfile provided:

$ docker build -t awaybot .
$ docker run --env token=BOT_API_TOKEN -d awaybot