Having troubles to get my head around slack apps with node.js. I am using the Starter Botkit (Howdy), hosted on glitch (glitch.com)
What I have so far works perfectly, it starts a convo with the user, asks a few questions, one after another and ends with a summary including all answers the user gave to the bot.
module.exports = function(controller) {
controller.hears(['reminder'], 'direct_message', function(bot, message) {
bot.startConversation(message, function(err, convo) {
convo.say('Ok, let me help you with that ...');
// Ask Target
convo.ask('Who should I remind ?', function(response, convo) {
convo.setVar('target', response.text);
convo.next();
});
// Ask About
convo.ask('About what ?', function(response, convo) {
convo.setVar('about', response.text);
convo.next();
});
// Ask Date
convo.ask('Date ?', function(response, convo) {
convo.setVar('date', response.text);
convo.next();
});
// Ask Time
convo.ask('And what time ?', function(response, convo) {
convo.setVar('time', response.text);
convo.next();
});
convo.say('Got it, I should remind {{vars.target}} : {{vars.about}} on {{vars.date}} at {{vars.time}}');
convo.next();
});
});
};
Now I want to make more use of all the methods Slack is providing through the API, for example the reminders.add method. I can't find any starting point in writing a function that uses this method. Or how to include it in the code above. I am on beginner level of knowledge, please be patient with me :)
For what I understand, all the Oauth process is already taken care of within the botkit files (just need to provide all the keys, and install the app in my team)
I read the BotKit docs for you and found that they show an example where you simply access the Slack api via the api property on the bot object.
https://github.com/howdyai/botkit/blob/master/readme-slack.md#working-with-slack-integrations
bot.api.channels.list({},function(err,response) {
//Do something...
})