The nocontext slackbot you've been waiting for.
Type @echobot <NAME>
and echobot will repeat several random phrases that person has said on Slack in the past.
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Get an API token from Slack.
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Create a bot user on your Slack group -- see link here.
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Just run
go build
andgo run slackbot.go
. Enjoy!
It will also download as JSON the following data:
- All the channels within the group
- All user IDs within the group
- All Slack channel IDs