SlackProcessTrackerBot

Use this to track any long running processes through slack! This app uses the slack bot api to allow users to track processes, and receive a notification when they finish.

Set Up

Run the following to install the library dependencies:

pip install psutil
pip install slackclient

Next, install the bot into slack. See the following guide for doing this: https://www.fullstackpython.com/blog/build-first-slack-bot-python.html

Finally, set the environment variable ProcessTrackerToken to the Bot User Access Token seen in the blog above. You can use the following command in linux:

export ProcessTrackerToken='YOUR_TOKEN'

Running The Bot

Typically, a user will run the slackbot in the background. Once set up, you can run the following command:

python slackbot.py YOUR_MACHINE_ID &> out.log &

Give it whatever machine id you'd like, as this will be used to identify which machine should be used to track processes.

Using The Bot

Using the bot is fairly simple. In slack, simply send the bot a message with the following format:

MACHINE_ID PID

If the bot found the process, it'll send you a message saying it found it and that it is now tracking! Once the process completes, it'll send you a message telling you it has completed, along with how long it took to complete.