hubot-message-aggregator

This is a simplistic module designed to aggregate message into a single channel based upon an emoji reaction.

The idea is that if a people react to a message, it will "bookmark" it, or aggregate it into a channel. An example could be to have any message where people react to a message with a :thankyou: emoji placed into a #thanks or #gratitude channel.

Another example could be that any messages with a :computer: emoji reaction gets passed to an incident or alert channel.

Installation

npm i --save hubot-message-aggregator

Edit your external-scripts.json file in your hubot application directory and add hubot-post-aggregator to it.

Configuration

Variables

By default, the pattern it looks for in the emoji name is "thank". This can be set via HUBOT_AGGREGATION_PATTERN. The value for it is just the string portion of the regex (e.g. no need for / around it.)

By default, the aggregator will not post messages from private channels or conversations. This can be overridden by setting HUBOT_AGGREGATION_FROM_PRIVATE_CONVERSATIONS to true.

HUBOT_AGGREGATION_CHANNEL is required. It can be specified as a Slack ChannelID such as C1234567890 or a string such as general.

:warning: Note, the # should not be included.

Behavior

To reduce noise, in case a message gets several reactions that match the pattern, a message is only posted to the aggregation target channel once per 24 hours.

The aggregator does aggregate or repost messages inside the aggregator channel, as this gets into a :turtles: all the way down type situation.

Ouput and information about how this is running can be found in the hubot log.

Limitations

Right now, the 24 hours period is not configurable. Perhaps it should be.

There is exactly 1 ruleset. It might be nice to have several options for this like :sirens: go the incident channel and :prayinghands: go to a thanks channel. Patches welcome.

License

MIT