personio-slack-bot

NodeJS app that fetches today's events from Personio and posts a summary to a Slack channel. It also gets one of the current Days of the year to use in the Slack message.

Installation

First install the node dependencies: npm install or yarn install.

Then create a .env file (you can use .env.dist as an example). You need to add these environment variable definitions:

• SLACK_HOOK_URL: Slack's hook URL that will be used to post messages to Slack.
• SLACK_CHANNEL: Slack's channel where the event report is going to be sent to.
• PERSONIO_CALENDARS: List of calendar identifiers separated by comma. For each calendar id defined in this list you need to add another two environment variable definitions:
  • PERSONIO_URL_{CALENDAR_ID}: Personio's iCalendar link. You can get this link by going to the Personio's Calendar page, cliking the ICAL button, then changing the filters you want and finally copying the link.
  • PERSONIO_MESSAGE_{CALENDAR_ID}: When the events are posted to Slack, these are grouped by Calendar ID. This env variable defines the group's header.
• IGNORE_LIST (optional): comma separated list of employee names that should be ignored.

Usage

Run npm run start.

Example

.env file:

SLACK_HOOK_URL=https://hooks.slack.com/services/ABCDEF
SLACK_CHANNEL=general

PERSONIO_CALENDARS=BIRTHDAY,VACATION

PERSONIO_URL_BIRTHDAY=https://my-company.personio.de/calendar/ical/123456/birthdays/0/calendar.ics
PERSONIO_URL_VACATION=https://my-company.personio.de/calendar/ical/123456/vacations/0/calendar.ics

PERSONIO_MESSAGE_BIRTHDAY=:birthday: *Birthday* :birthday:
PERSONIO_MESSAGE_VACATION=:palm_tree: *Vacation* :palm_tree:

Slack message:

Sunday 22nd of October - Nut Day

:birthday: *Birthday* :birthday:
- Jane Doe

:palm_tree: *Vacation* :palm_tree:
- Federico Bertolini
- John Doe