errbot-slack-bolt-backend

This backend implementation was originally created by Attakei Lab. You can find the repo here.

We've introduced some important changes for retrieving users and channels, like pagination and support for different types (e.g. private_channels, public_channel).

Overview

This is ErrBot backend-plugin for Slack App (not legacy and classic bot) by Slack Bolt.

Pre-requirements

This need Slack application in App Directory.

Configure bot scopes

• chat:write
• im:history
• users:read
• channels:read

Configure subscrived events

• message.im
• message.channels

Installation

As python packege

1. Run pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.attakei.net/simple/ errbot-slack-bolt-backend

2. Import function to get plugin directory from errbot_slack_bolt_backend.

   example: from errbot_slack_bolt_backend import get_plugin_dir
3. Set directory path to BOT_EXTRA_BACKEND_DIR of your config.py.

   example: BOT_EXTRA_BACKEND_DIR = str(get_plugin_dir())

As plain source coude

1. Clone repository into your workspace from GitHub.

   example: git clone https://github.com/attakei-lab/errbot-slack-bolt-backend.git
2. Set directory path to BOT_EXTRA_BACKEND_DIR of your config.py.

   example: BOT_EXTRA_BACKEND_DIR = 'errbot-slack-bolt-backend/errbot_slack_bolt_backend'

Post install

Set configuration to your config.py.

BACKEND = "SlackBolt"
BOT_IDENTITY = {
    # Required
    "app_token": "YOUR-APP-LEVEL-TOKEN",
    "bot_token": "YOUR-BOT-USER-TOKEN",
}

Implementations

This does not yet implement all features of built-in Slack/SlackRTM backend.

• Response of direct message
• Response of post in joined channels

License

Apache 2.0