How to connect Chatbot to Slack

See Japanese README

Note:

4/2/2020

• Supporting chatbot message is only default reply.

Requirements

• python since ver.3.6

1. Set chatbot service endpoint & secret key to this application.

1. Chatbot and API Gateway integration.

• Custom API - Create invoke URLs

2. Set your chatbot service endpoint to CHATBOT_ENDPOINT that is environment variable.
3. Set your secret key to CHATBOT_SECRET_KEY that is environment variable.

2. Create your slack app & set it's config to this application.

1. Open https://api.slack.com/apps & click [Create an App].
2. Enter new chatbot app name & select development workspace & click [Create App]
3. Set your config to environment variable. It can get from [App Credentials] under [Basic Information] page.

• Set Client ID to SLACK_CLIENT_ID.
• Set Client Secret to SLACK_CLIENT_SECRET.
• Set Signing Secret to SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET.

3. Publish this application.

In this case, using ngrok.

1. Install ngrok.

• https://ngrok.com/download

2. Start ngrok service.

ngrok http 3000

3. Copy published https domain.
4. Start this application.

# install requirements
pip install -r requirements.txt
# run application
python app.py

4. Set slack application config.

1. Open https://api.slack.com/apps. & click your slack application. & redirect to it's setting page.
2. Click [OAuth & Permissions] from [Features]. & set copied No.3-3 domain and authorization endpoint to [Redirect URLs] like an image.
3. Set application scope under [OAuth & Permissions] page. The setting is like an image.
4. Click [Event Subscriptions] from [Features]
5. enable [Enable Events]. & set copied No.3-3 domain and slack event endpoint to [Redirect URLs] like an image. & check Verified.
6. Click [Subscribe to bot events] & add Bot User Event. The setting is like an image. & Click [Save Changes]
7. Click [Manage Distribution] from [Settings]. & click [Add to Slack]. & redirect to access permission page.
8. Click [Allow]. & check [Auth complete!]
9. Open your workspace. & check existing your slack bot application.

5. Let's talk with slack bot

Reference

• https://github.com/stevengill/slack-python-oauth-example