davonbarnette/slackboit repository overview

⁠Slackboit

A for-the-bois application that runs on Slack.

⁠Documentation

Getting Started⁠

Implementing a New Function⁠

Testing your New Function⁠

Changelogs⁠

⁠Update: Slackboit Version 2.0 - August 2, 2019

In order to get Slackboit to work on the web, and to have a more robust way of dealing with chaining functions, we had to go through a slight re-architecture of code. Changes listed below:

1. We no longer use bot.postMessage, and now return a post object. You are still able to use bot but please do not use it to post your message. Please refer to the documentation below about the post object.
2. All functions now pass params by adding it to the post object. This is where you'll attach your icon_url if you have one. Options for this are located in the post object.
3. All functions are now spongebobified by default. Options for this are located in the post object.
4. All functions will automatically post to the channel in which the slack message originated (no more having to pass in channel when posting a message). Options for this are located in the post object.
5. You no longer have to return "stop" to stop subsequent functions from running - this is now located in the post object.
6. Each function is now passed bot, user, and slackMessage only. The slackMessage argument contains all of the stuff you're used to (text, channel, etc.). We use object destructuring to get the data from the slackMessage. Check the example function for more details.
7. Speaking of, we removed the exampleFunction and the directions from your file (no more wall of text on your file, yeet) to this documentation page.
8. You'll see that I've already gone ahead and changed your functions to correctly use the new architecture. If you currently have code you haven't committed, you will most likely have Merge Conflicts. Please let me know if this is the case.