slack-lunchbot
A Node.js lunch suggestion app for Slack.
Github
https://github.com/samliew/slack-lunchbot
Slack Integration
https://[TeamUrl].slack.com/apps/manage/custom-integrations
Incoming Webhook
- Required for sending of messages from Lunchbot
- Paste Webhook URL to Heroku’s SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL variable
- Posts to #general as incoming-webhook-lunch
- Name, icon, channel can be overridden by Lunchbot app
Outgoing Webhook
- Required for listening of keywords like “suggest lunch,lunch”.
- Get from Slack > Custom Integrations > Incoming WebHooks.
- Action: POST to http://[HerokuUrl]/lunchbot
Heroku
- Management https://dashboard.heroku.com/apps/[HerokuName]/
- Repo, push to deploy https://git.heroku.com/[HerokuName].git
Heroku Environment Variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| LUNCH_NORMAL_NAME | Will do a string search, pick if partial match |
| LUNCH_SPECIAL_NAME | For special events. Remember to remove after event. |
| LUNCH_SPECIAL_LOCATION | As above. Optional. |
| LUNCH_SPECIAL_TIME | As above. Optional. |
| PAUSED | Will do nothing when triggered. |
| SLACK_BOT_NAME | Override default display name in Slack integration |
| SLACK_CHANNEL | Override default channel in Slack integration, include # to indicate channel |
| SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL | To allow incoming integration to Slack for listening of “lunch”. Get from Slack > Custom Integrations > Incoming WebHooks. |
| TEMPORIZE_URL | Do not touch, to be set up automatically by the Temporize Scheduler add-on |
Temporize Scheduler
- Access from Resources tab in Heroku
- 5 events - One for each weekday in UTC time (minute hour * * dayOfWeek)
"0 4 * * 2", "0 4 * * 3", "0 4 * * 4", "0 4 * * 5", "0 4 * * 6"
- Callback URL - http://[HerokuUrl]/lunchbot
- Method - POST