Result

Deployment Steps on AWS Lightsail

• Lightsail: Freshworks-SlackApps
• Click on connecting ssh

## cd to the root folder
$ cd slack-apps/freshworks-fresh_times-counter

## if you have new update (and make sure you update git remote url, as it's currently pointing to my repo)
$ git pull

• Update to new docker image (under slack-apps/freshworks-fresh_times-counter)

## Stop and remove container
$ docker stop freshtimes
$ docker rm freshtimes

## Build new image
$ docker build -t freshtimes .
$ docker run -d -p 8888:8888 --name freshtimes freshtimes

usage

create new app

https://api.slack.com/apps

• Adding scope in OAuth & Permissions

slash command

type /fresh_time in the channel you want to count

slack api

fetch all users info in slack

https://api.slack.com/methods/users.list

fetch all message in channel

https://api.slack.com/methods/conversations.history

fetch all members in channel

https://api.slack.com/methods/conversations.members

Deploy to AWS Lightsail

• open the port 8888

Refs

https://scotch.io/tutorials/create-a-custom-slack-slash-command-with-nodejs-and-express

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V2.0

Key Steps

Add permission and scope

• Add file .env

cp .env-example .env

API_TOKEN=  // Under OAuth Permission, OAuth Access Token
SLACK_BOT_TOKEN= // Under OAuth Permission, Bot User OAuth Access Token
SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET=  // Under Basic Information
PORT= // whatever you want the port

• Add chat:write to the bot scope

• Add path /slack/events to Request URL under Slash Commands.

• Activate Interactive and shorcuts and Add path /slack/events to Request URL.

Refs

• Block Kit Builder

• https://github.com/seratch/bolt-starter

• https://slack.com/intl/en-ca/slack-tips/workflow-builder-examples

Issues

• slackapi/bolt-js#490