GitHub - ellisonleao/slack-howdoi: :cloud: Slack integration with the howdoi library

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slack-howdoi

A slack integration for the awesome howdoi library. Heavily inspired by https://github.com/karan/slack-overflow

Usage

From any Slack channel, just type /howdoi [search terms]. The best answer will be shown on the chat, if found.

Integrate with your team

  1. Go to your channel
  2. Click on Configure Integrations.
  3. Scroll all the way down to DIY Integrations & Customizations section.
  4. Click on Add next to Slash Commands.
  • Command: /howdoi
  • URL: http://<YOUR_APPLICATION_URL>/howdoi P.S: If you want to test right now, you can use https://slack-howdoi.herokuapp.com/howdoi as the URL
  • Method: POST
  • For the Autocomplete help text, check to show the command in autocomplete list.
    • Description: Howdoi slack integration
    • Usage hint: [search terms]
  • Descriptive Label: Howdoi search

Developing

# Install python dependencies
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

# Start the server
$ DEBUG=True python app.py

Deploy to Heroku

Deploy

Contributing

  • Please use the issue tracker to report any bugs or file feature requests.