Slack bots using Elixir.
If available in Hex, the package can be installed as:
- Add Marvin to your list of dependencies in
mix.exs
:
def deps do
[
{:marvin, "~> 0.3.0"},
{:websocket_client, git: "https://github.com/jeremyong/websocket_client"}
]
end
You'll need to add websocket_client
manually.
- Ensure marvin is started before your application:
def application do
[applications: [:marvin]]
end
You'll need to set your bots Slack token in your applications config file.
config :marvin, slack_token: "secret"
Bots are simple to create and can respond to mentions, direct messages and ambient conversation.
defmodule EchoBot do
use Marvin.Bot
# Here you can set a specific type of message and a regex pattern to match against
# Direct includes mentions and direct discussions with the bot. Patterns are case
# sensitive by default.
match {:direct, ~r/hello/}
def handle_message(message, slack) do
send_message("Hi!", message.channel, slack)
end
end
Next you'll need to tell Marvin to start your bots by adding them to your config file.
config :marvin, bots: [EchoBot]
You can also capture reactions being applied to a message.
defmodule EchoBot do
use Marvin.Bot
match {:reaction, "coin"}
def handle_message(message, slack) do
IO.puts "A coin was given"
end
end