HenryBot

HenryBot detects Finnish text in Slack by using franc and it will translate the text into English or Vietnamese with Google Translate API. It will reply the translated text so that non-Finnish speak can spend less time on Google Translate and help to improve the communication.

Getting the API token for your Slack channel

To allow the HenryBot to connect your Slack channel you must provide him an API key. To retrieve it you need to add a new Bot in your Slack organization by visiting the following url: https://yourorganization.slack.com/services/new/bot, where yourorganization must be substituted with the name of your organization (e.g. https://loige.slack.com/services/new/bot). Ensure you are logged to your Slack organization in your browser and you have the admin rights to add a new bot.

You will find your API key under the field API Token, copy it in a safe place and get ready to use it.

Configuration

The HenryBot is configurable through environment variables. There are several variable available:

Environment variable	Description
BOT_API_KEY	this variable is used to specify the API token needed by the bot to connect to your Slack organization
USER_TOKEN	this variable is used to specify the API token needed for getting the name of the user

Launching the bot from source

If you downloaded the source code of the bot you can run it using NPM with:

$ npm start

Deploy to AWS Elastic Beanstalk

$ npm run deploy

Don't forget to set your BOT_API_KEY and USER_TOKEN environment variable bedore doing so.