Tag: google appengine

Slack Translation Bot

stable release of Slack Translator Bot.

http://github.com/rickt/slack-translator-bot

what is Slack Translator Bot? the [as-is demo] code gets you get a couple of Slack /slash commands that let you translate from English to Japanese, and vice-versa.

below screenshot shows example response to a Slack user wanting to translate “the rain in spain falls mainly on the plane” by typing:

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within slack:

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TL;DR/HOW-TO

  • you get a google translate api key
  • you deploy a go backend app to Google Appengine that responds to
  • a couple of custom Slack /slash commands that you create in Slack
  • you profit

http://gist-it.appspot.com/https://github.com/rickt/slack-translator-bot/blob/master/slacktranslatorbot.go

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Slack Team Directory Bot

stable release of Slack Team Directory Bot.

http://github.com/rickt/slack-team-directory-bot

what is Slack Team Directory Bot? you get a Slack /slash command that lets you search your Slack Team Directory quick as a flash.

below screenshot shows example response to a Slack trying to find someone in your accounting department by typing:

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within slack:

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TL;DR/HOW-TO

  • you deploy a go backend app to Google Appengine that responds to…
  • a custom Slack /slash command that you create in Slack

http://gist-it.appspot.com/http://github.com/rickt/slack-team-directory-bot/blob/master/slackteamdirectorybot.go
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rickt/slack-appengine

stable release of my modified-for Google Appengine fork of https://github.com/bluele/slack. i have this working in production on several Appengine-hosted /slash commands & bots.

http://github.com/rickt/slack-appengine

the TL;DR on my modifications:

https://github.com/rickt/slack-appengine

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Slack Timebot

stable release of Slack Timebot.

https://github.com/rickt/timebot-simple

what is Slack Timebot? at work, i very often have to know what time it is in the following regions:

  • PST
  • UTC
  • JST

so i wrote a mini go backend app that i threw into a free Google Appengine app and so now i can get the time instantly by using any of these new Slack /slash commands:

  • /time (PST)
  • /utctime (UTC)
  • /japantime (JST)

TL;DR/HOW-TO

  • you deploy a go backend app to Google Appengine that responds to
  • a couple of custom Slack /slash commands that you create in Slack

http://gist-it.appspot.com/http://github.com/rickt/timebot-simple/blob/master/timebot-simple.go