slack-doc

To install just clone this repo and then run npm install:

git clone https://github.com/clarkie/slack-doc.git
cd slack-doc
npm install

You will need to generate a slack api key for this to hook into your own slack account. Go to https://YOUR_SLACK.slack.com/services/new/bot to create the key.

SLACK_API_KEY=<key generated above> npm start

This will start running the slack bot to help you with ~~some libraries~~ Lodash.

Once the bot user has been added to a channel they will respond to the following commands

docs [library_name] [query]

For example

docs lodash range

Why?

I'm a relative newbie to Lodash and often ask @silverwolf90 for help. I normally do this in the form of a chat message. Also, following the issues Dash has had with the Apple App Store I thought it would be interesting to see if we could get something running in slack to perform a similar job.

Further improvements

more libraries (e.g. Node.js, React, Redux, etc)
automated pulls of new documentation
better formatting
a full service that can be used by many rather than having to run the bot yourself

Credits

@silverwolf90 for his help not just with this repo but also his ongoing Lodash education programme.