Slack Water

Setting up credentials

Run

$ EDITOR='code --wait' rails credentials:edit

Edit the file with:

slack:
  token: <YOUR_SLACK_TOKEN>
  channel_id: <YOUR_CHANNEL_ID>

Running locally

1. Start ngrok

In order to receive incoming requests locally, we can use ngrok, which allows us to tunnel requests from a public URL into our local development system.

$ ngrok http 3000

2. Configure URL in Slack API

The URL generated by ngrok should be set in Slack:

• In Interactivity & Shortcuts (Request URL: <NGROK_URL>/interaction)
• In Slash Commands (Request URL: <NGROK_URL>/reminder)

Add the host to environments/development.rb:

config.hosts << <NGROK_URL>

3. Run docker-compose

To get your containers running, run:

$ docker-compose up

4. Call bot in Slack

After adding the Slack bot to your channel, call it with /remind_water.

Images

Slack Modal:

Example Reminder: