SEE https://github.com/karan/slack-news INSTEAD
Read Hacker News right from Slack just typing /hn
.
From any Slack channel, just type /hn
. The posts will be shown on the same channel.
- Go to your channel
- Click on Configure Integrations.
- Scroll all the way down to DIY Integrations & Customizations section.
All other settings can be set on your own discretion.
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Click on Add next to Incoming WebHooks.
- Choose a channel to integrate with (this doesn't matter -- it'll always respond to the channel you called it from)
- Note the new Webhook URL.
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Set a new environment variable called
SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL
.# Unux systems (AWS etc) $ export SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=<URL> # Heroku $ heroku config:set SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=<URL>
Although the code is hosted at http://slack-hn.herokuapp.com/
, you are free to setup your own instance.
Make sure to change the Slash Command URL to whatever your URL is.
And then:
$ heroku config:set SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=<URL>
$ git clone git@github.com:karan/slack-hn.git
$ cd slack-hn
$ npm install
$ export SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=<URL>
$ node app.js
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Please use the issue tracker to report any bugs or file feature requests.
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PRs are welcome.