/pull-request-bot

This pushes pull requests from Github to Slack

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Pull Request bot

This script grabs a list of pull requests, formats them, and posts them to Slack to notify team members they are needed for review.

Prerequisites

  • You'll need to setup an incoming webhook in slack
  • You'll need a Github API key

How to use

Pull request bot operates with the following environment variables:

  • GITHUB_API_KEY: github api key
  • GITHUB_ORG: The organization where your repos are stored
  • GITHUB_TOPIC: Use a topic here to limit the returned repositories considered for pull requests
  • SLACK_CHANNEL: (optional) The channel to post to (useful for multiple teams)
  • SLACK_ENDPOINT: incoming webhook URL

Running via Cron

  • Run make install
  • Setup a cron script to run the following at your desired intervals 
    GITHUB_API_KEY="<GITHUB_API_KEY>" \
SLACK_ENDPOINT="<SLACK_ENDPOINT>" \
GITHUB_ORG="<GITHUB_ORG>" \
GITHUB_TOPIC="<GITHUB_TOPIC>" \
node cli.js

Running via Lambda

  • Create a new blank, javascript lambda function
  • run make in this repository
  • Upload the resultant zip file to lambda
  • configure environment variables
  • click Save & Test