@danroshko/slack-bot v0.4.6

Slack bot

Slack client library built on top of node-slack-sdk. Provides more high-level interface for building bots with request-reply flow.

Installation

npm i @danroshko/slack-bot

Usage

const token = process.env.SLACK_TOKEN
const Bot = require('slack-bot')
const channel = 'deployments'

const bot = new Bot(token, channel)

bot.on('ping', ctx => {
  ctx.respond('pong')
})

bot.on(/^deploy \w+$/, async ctx => {
  const { user, message } = ctx
  ctx.assert(user.is_admin, 'Permission denied')

  ctx.respond('Doing something...')
  await doSomething(ctx.message.text)
  ctx.respond('Done')
})

bot.onError(err => {
  console.error(err)
})

Context

• ctx.message - message event
• ctx.user - user object
• ctx.channel - limited channel object
• ctx.respond - function to send back a response
• ctx.assert - sends back an error message if assertion fails
• ctx.match - match object