michael-barlow3 / wtf-bot

A Flask application that powers the /wtf Slack command

wtf-bot

A Flask application that powers the /wtf Slack command. Inspired by a previous incarnation of similar functionality. Configured for deployment on Cloud Foundry. Relies on the VA acronym list.

Local development

Clone this repo.

$ git clone https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/wtf-bot.git
$ cd /path/to/wtf-bot/`

Create and configure virtual environment.

*nix

 $ python3 -m venv venv
 $ source venv/bin/activate
 $ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Windows

> python3 -m venv venv
> venv\Scripts\activate
> pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Set environment variables.

*nix

$ export FLASK_APP=/path/to/wtf-bot/wtf.py
$ export FLASK_DEBUG=1
$ export SLACK_TOKENS={comma separated tokens to be defined by you}
$ export DATA_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/acronyms/master/acronyms.csv

Windows

$ set FLASK_APP=/path/to/wtf-bot/wtf.py
$ set FLASK_DEBUG=1
$ set SLACK_TOKENS={comma separated tokens to be defined by you}
$ set DATA_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/acronyms/master/acronyms.csv

Run tests.

$ pytest tests*.py

Run the local server.

$ flask run

Query the /slack endpoint.

$ curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:5000/slack -d "text=aaa&token={to be defined by you}"

Bugs, feature requests, or contributions

Open an Issue. Pull requests welcome.