hubot-slack

This is a Hubot adapter to use with Slack.

Getting Started

Creating a new bot

• npm install -g hubot coffee-script yo generator-hubot
• mkdir -p /path/to/hubot
• cd /path/to/hubot
• yo hubot
• npm install hubot-slack --save
• Initialize git and make your initial commit
• Check out the hubot docs for further guidance on how to build your bot

Testing your bot locally

• HUBOT_SLACK_TOKEN=xoxb-1234-5678-91011-00e4dd ./bin/hubot --adapter slack

Deploying to Heroku

This is a modified set of instructions based on the instructions on the Hubot wiki.

• Follow the instructions above to create a hubot locally

• Edit your Procfile and change it to use the slack adapter:

    web: bin/hubot --adapter slack
  

• Install heroku toolbelt if you haven't already.

• heroku create my-company-slackbot

• heroku addons:add redistogo:nano

• Activate the Hubot service on your "Team Services" page inside Slack.

• Add the config variables. For example:

    % heroku config:add HEROKU_URL=http://my-company-slackbot.herokuapp.com
    % heroku config:add HUBOT_SLACK_TOKEN=xoxb-1234-5678-91011-00e4dd
  

• Deploy and start the bot:

    % git push heroku master
    % heroku ps:scale web=1
  

• Profit!

Upgrading from earlier versions of Hubot

Version 3 of the hubot-slack adapter requires different server support to previous versions. If you have an existing "hubot" integration set up you'll need to upgrade:

• Go to https://my.slack.com/services/new/hubot and create a new hubot integration
• Run npm install hubot-slack --save to update your code.
• Test your bot locally using: HUBOT_SLACK_TOKEN=xoxb-1234-5678-91011-00e4dd ./bin/hubot --adapter slack
• Update your production startup scripts to pass the new HUBOT_SLACK_TOKEN. You can remove the other HUBOT_SLACK_* environment variables if you want.
• Deploy your new hubot to production.
• Once you're happy it works, remove the old hubot integration from https://my.slack.com/services

Adapter configuration

This adapter uses the following environment variables:

• HUBOT_SLACK_TOKEN - this is the API token for the Slack user you would like to run Hubot under.

Copyright

Copyright © Slack Technologies, Inc. MIT License; see LICENSE for further details.