FikaBot is a simple Slack bot to match two random people in a channel so they can have some Fika!
First you are going to need a Slack application. FikaBot needs the following permissions
- commands
- im:write
- users:write
- channels:read
On top of that, you'll need to create a couple of slash commands, all pointing to a /commands url
/fika_start
/fika_stop
The application needs a couple of environment variables to function
# setup logging, non dev is json formatted
export RUST_LOG="info"
export ENV="dev"
# token for calling the start apis
export WEBHOOK_TOKEN="webhook_token"
export SLACK_TOKEN="..."
export SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET="..."
export PORT="8080"
# Make sure the database exists
export DB_USERNAME=root
export DB_PASSWORD=1234
export DB_HOST=localhost
export DB_PORT=3306
export DB_DATABASE=fikabot
# For operating SeaORM migration CLI
export DATABASE_URL="mysql://$DB_USERNAME:$DB_PASSWORD@$DB_HOST:$DB_PORT/$DB_DATABASE"
Provide the application with those as enviroment variables and you are good to go!
To run the bot, it is recommended to setup a cron job/cloud scheduler to call the /start_fika endpoint.
This allow to run this bot at extreme low costs in something like Google Cloud Run with Google Cloud Scheduler calling it.
The image is build in a distroless manner, further minimizing size and complexity and can be easily extended.
Don't hesitate to ask for features and open PR's.