README

This is a sample Slack Bot Application using Rails and Relax. Relax powers bot platforms such as Nestor and Dunstin.

Setup

• Install postgresql && redis
• Run cp .env-example .env
• Create a new Slack Application. Remember: To Setup a Bot User for the application and set a name for the bot.
• Get the Client ID and the Secret from the Slack Application and replace SLACK_CLIENT_ID and SLACK_CLIENT_SECRET in .env with the client ID and secret respectively.
• Download and install relax in your path (make sure the relax binary is available in your $PATH).
• Run rake db:create db:migrate
• Run ./script/server
• Go to localhost:5000 in your browser

Configuring the way the Bot respond to messages

Right now, the bot sends a random greeting when it encounters the string hello. To change this behavior goto config/initializers/relax.rb and change the way bot responds to messages.

Acknowledgements

This project is brought to you by the creators of Nestor – the programmable Slack Bot Platform.