VBot

Development status

This project is still in a prototype development stage.

Overview

VBot Slack App

Initially a NodeJS app based on https://github.com/johnagan/serverless-slack-app

Refactored later in Python on AWS Lambda with AWS API Gateway based on https://medium.com/devoops-and-universe/serverless-slack-bot-on-aws-vs-azure-getting-notified-instantly-ab0916393e1d for some of the Slack code and https://gist.github.com/andrewgross/8ba32af80ecccb894b82774782e7dcd4 for the Travis webhook

Requirements

• AWS credentials present in .aws (for a user with "AdministratorAccess" policy)
• SSM Parameters:
  • /vbot/SlackVerificationToken (secure string), used to verify slack requests
  • /vbot/SlackAlertsHookURL (secure string), used for slack posting in #alerts

Commands

• bin/vbot help - Shows help
• bin/vbot deploy - Deploys new version
• bin/vbot deploy function_name - Deploys new version of a single function

The GET URL is used in https://api.slack.com/apps - VBot - Interactive messages, Slash Commands and OAuth & Permissions. The App needs to be installed by going to OAuth & Permissions - Install app to team

Contribute

See CONTRIBUTING.md file.

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE file.