Example of a Slackbot for Pico W

Connect your Raspberry Pi Pico W board to Slack using the Slack API.

Requires a Slack App token and Slack Bot token.

Learn more in the Raspberry Pi "Create your own Slack bot with a Raspberry Pi Pico W" guest blog post.

Hardware

Raspberry Pi Pico W

Software

MicroPython

Set up MicroPython on the Raspberry Pi Pico W
Copy files from micropython folder to the Raspberry Pi Pico W
Update config.py with your:
- Wi-Fi SSID and Password
- Slack App token and Bot token
Run main.py

pico-sdk

Cloning

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/ArmDeveloperEcosystem/example-of-a-slackbot-for-pico-w.git

Building

Set up the Pico C/C++ SDK
Set PICO_SDK_PATH

export PICO_SDK_PATH=/path/to/pico-sdk

Change directories:

example-of-a-slackbot-for-pico-w/pico-sdk

Create build dir, run cmake and make:

mkdir build

cd build

cmake .. \
  -DWIFI_SSID="<Wi-Fi SSID>" \
  -DWIFI_PASSWORD="<Wi-Fi Password>" \
  -DSLACK_APP_TOKEN="<Slack App token>" \
  -DSLACK_BOT_TOKEN="<Slack Bot token>" \
  -DPICO_BOARD=pico_w

make

Copy example picow_slack_bot.uf2 to Pico W when in BOOT mode.

License

MIT

Acknowledgements

Configuration files in the pico-sdk based example are based on the following files from the pico-examples GitHub repository:

Disclaimer: This is not an official Arm product.

staffhorn/example-of-a-slackbot-for-pico-w