slack-wp-search-bot

A Slack bot that searches your articles in WordPress.

Setup

1. Create a new Google Apps Script project at script.google.com

2. Copy the content of main.gs to the script editor

3. Deploy the script as a WebApp

• Click on the Deploy button in the toolbar
• Select New deployment
• Choose Web app as the type
• Set Who has access to the app to Anyone, even anonymous
• Click on Deploy
• Copy the WebApp URL

4. Modify slack-manifest.json

Change display_information and features to match your app and replace request_url with the WebApp URL retrieved from Google Apps Script.

5. Create a new Slack App at api.slack.com

Select From manifest and copy the content of slack-manifest.json to the textarea.

6. Install the app to your workspace

7. Set up the script properties

• WP_BASE_URL: Your WordPress site URL (e.g. https://example.com)
• WP_USERNAME: Your WordPress username
• WP_PASSWORD: Your WordPress App Password (Spaces in the app password can be removed)
• SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: Your Slack Bot OAuth Access Token

Usage

1. Invite the bot to a channel
2. Mention the bot with a search query (e.g. @bot expecto patronum)