samheyman / slack-bot

Taxi Slack Bot

Simple Slack Bot to order taxis. Uses the mock taxi API for taxi data.

Screenshots

Call the bot and view help

Ask for taxis

Ask for taxis in a city

Set pick-up address

Order taxi

Usage

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

What you will need:

• python 3.6
• pip
• pipenv

Installing

To run it locally:

• Create a new Slack app and get the Slack token for more details on this see this tutorial

• Install the requirements

pipenv install

• Run the server

pipenv run python taxi_bot/taxi_bot.py

• Open Slack and call the bot with the following requests:

"all taxis" 
"all taxis in Madrid"
"book taxi to Calle Mayor 12, Madrid"

Authors

• Sam Heyman

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Acknowledgments

Built with help of this very good tutorial:

• Matt Makai - How to Build Your First Slack Bot with Python