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We use Donut all the time. But sometimes you’re just in the mood something a little off the beaten track. You’ve set it up correctly.Don’t get us wrong. Does it post to multiple channels based on the text? Great. Test it out by DM’ing your app webhook & webhook 2. Next, add the following to your index.js file. env to keep your secure data out of your repo.Ĭommit and your good to go with setting up the rest of your environment variables! To understand what’s happening here, visit the dotenv repository.² Dotenv is what I use to hide my API keys.

The documentation is great and setup is relatively painless.

The setupĪt the top of your index.js file add: var Botkit = require('botkit') require('dotenv').config() įor my Slack bot (and probably every Slack bot I create here on out), I use the Botkit tool. Next, we want to set up both applications to be able to talk to one another. Great! Now you’ve got a Slack App online, and a bare-bones Node.js app locally. npm install & Create an index.js file and let’s go! touch index.js Install your dependencies (including the versions that worked for me as reference).My commands looked like this: mkdir example-app & cd example-app & npm init & git init Create the directory you’ll be using for your bot.Setting up your local Node.js application

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