Slack BaseBot

Install

npm install slack-basebot --save

Simple Example

"use strict";
const BaseBot = require('slack-basebot');
const MyBot = new BaseBot('xob-slacktoken','MyBotName', {debug:true});

MyBot.onDirectQuestion(/please help me/i, msg => {
    //== Will trigger when someone says `MyBotName please help me` or with a mention like `please help me @MyBotName`;

    //== We can react with an emoji
    msg.react('heart');

    //== We can auto-randomly react with an emoji
    msg.react(['heart','black_heart','green_heart']);

    //== And/or reply (as often as we like)
    msg.reply(`What can I help you with ${msg.user.name}?`);

    //== Randomize the output with an array:
    msg.reply(['Sometimes I say foo','That other time I will say bar']);

    //== Furthermore we have some more user, channel and message information
    console.info('@User:', msg.user);
    console.info('#Channel', msg.channel);
    console.info('Is this a DM?', msg.isDirect);
    console.info('Full message ', msg.message);
    console.info('@user said: ', msg.text);
})

MyBot.onPhrase(/squirl/gi, msg => {
    //== This will trigger everytime anyone says something containing squirl.
    msg.react('squirrel');

    //== Pretend we are typing for 3 seconds
    msg.typing(3 * 1000).then(() => {
        msg.reply('I took me 3 seconds to write this.');
    });
});

MyBot.setHelpText(() =>  `Hi I'm ${MyBot.tag}. I can do stuff for you.`);
MyBot.always(msg => console.info('Triggered on every incoming message'));
MyBot.onNothing(msg => console.info('Triggered on DirectQuestion/mention when no rules are matched.'));

//== Any sub-event can be listened on (see https://api.slack.com/events/message)
MyBot.on('channel_leave', event => console.info('Event happened', event));

//== On ChannelJoin of this bot
this.onChannelJoin(event => this.sendMessage(`Thanks <@${event.inviter}> for inviting me to <#${event.channel}>. How can I help you?`, event.channel));

Inheritance Example

"use strict";
const BaseBot = require('slack-basebot');

class MyBot extends BaseBot {
    constructor() {
        super('xob-slacktoken','MyBotName', {debug:true});
        this.start();
    }

    start() {
        this.onDirectQuestion(/please help me/i, msg => { /* Same as example above */})
        this.onPhrase(/squirl/gi, msg => { /* Same as example above */});
        this.setHelpText(() =>  `Hi I'm ${MyBot.tag}. I can do stuff for you.`);
        this.always(msg => console.info('Triggered on every incoming message'));
        this.onNothing(msg => console.info('Triggered on DirectQuestion/mention when no rules are matched.'));
    }
}