/bananas-events

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Padel Slack bot

This Slack bot helps people organize various events like padel games.

Tech stack

BotKit - listens to Slack requests and answers them

Sqlite - stores event details

Localtunnel - exposes the server to the internet if you're behind a NAT

Installing

Fork and clone the repo

Run npm install to install the dependencies

Download localtunnel npm install -g localtunnel and execute it like this lt --port 8765 --subdomain cwbcn . Be aware that it can be unreliable, needing to be restarted frequently.

In the Slack slash command settings create a /padel command if it doesn't exist yet

Go to the Slack admin panel's App Credentials and use the information to start the application like this : CLIENT_ID=<client id> CLIENT_SECRET=<client secret> VERIFICATION_TOKEN=<verification token> PORT=8765 npm run dev

Authenticate the application with Oauth by going to (http://localhost:8765/login)

Use

Type /padel create 13:00 tomorrow to create a new event

Type /padel next to see the next event

Contributing

  • fix the tests by mocking the database data

  • replace the file store database on which this BotKit implementation relies by a table in the app's SQlite database.

  • implement a database persistance for the attendance tracking

  • add button to unregister from an event

  • list upcoming events and sort them by date, with their corresponding attendance

  • add configurable event reminders

  • add the events to people's Google/Outlook calendars once they register

  • manage payments among participants (enter total amount, split by number of participants, send paypal link as DM)

  • decouple the localtunnel command line app from the bot on development

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