A Google Assistant, but on Slack. It allows you to search Google, fetch the date, look up GIFs, and more. More features are in the works.
- Node.JS (preferably v6.0.0+)
- Botkit
- Request
- Google Search Scraper
- Oxford Dictionary API
npm install
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Create a new custom integration in your Slack workspace https://api.slack.com/apps?new_app=1
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Under the Add Features and Functionality section add a new bot
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Give the bot a Display name and Default User name and complete by adding the new bot user
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Under the Settings section, select Install App and install your new add to your workspace
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After installation, the OAuth Tokens for Your Team is displayed. Copy the bot user auth token (xoxb -)
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Update the config.js file providing the bot user auth token
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Start the Bot running locally via node
node bot.js -
Console output for running bot
Initializing Botkit v0.6.3
info: ** No persistent storage method specified! Data may be lost when process shuts down.
info: ** API CALL: https://slack.com/api/rtm.connect
notice: ** BOT ID: botname ...attempting to connect to RTM!
notice: RTM websocket opened
- Once running got to your Slack workspace, and click on your Bot under the Apps section
- Say 'Hello' to the Bot and if configured correctly you should get the response 'Hey there! How can I help you?'
- You should register for an API KEY or access to the apis running the other services in order to make use of those commands
- Update the config.js with your keys and information as necessary
- Google Search Scraper gives 10 results instead of the results specified (fixed by modifying directly the module)
- Captcha (make a VPN for the bot, connect via VPN, fill out captcha for latest search, try again)
- Translation returns BAD_NETWORK or something like that (fixed by modifying directly the module)