This is a presentation about setting up a simple Slack bot using the slash command from the Slack API. It was made at Andela Uganda's first Developer Conference.

1. #AndelaDevConUG

2. Bots & NewsSlack news bot
Presented by:
John Kagga
Software Developer
Simon Peter Ssekamatte
Software Developer
July 28, 2017

3. Simon Peter, Software Developer.
● Feedback team <> Technology Product
● Application Designer
● Casual Gamer
● Cook (yes a cook)
● Full-stack software developer
○ ReactJs
○ NodeJs
○ Python

4. John Kagga, Software Developer.
● Feedback team <> Technology Product
● Editor and author The Andela Way Blog
● Facebook DevC Kla - leads team
● Full-stack software developer
○ ReactJs
○ NodeJs
○ Python
● Self proclaimed pool champion

5. Prerequisites
Basics of programming
Basic understanding of APIs
Basic understanding of Git and Github
Slack team (workspace)
Heroku account

6. What is a bot
An interface that can respond to humans and perform
automated tasks on their behalf
Image source: techsuplex.com

7. What we are going to build
Sending messages to a slack
channel
Creating and using a slack
slash command

8. News API
Access worldwide news with code
Create an account at https://newsapi.org/
Checkout the endpoints and try them in
postman

9. Send a message to a channel
Using local host
Create a slack app and get the token
Create a channel and get its id
Add the functionality to send a message to the channel
Get an api key from newsapi.org
Clone the repo & checkout 01-starter branch

10. Github Repository Url
http://bit.ly/AndelaDevConUGTS

11. Creating a slash command
Create the slash command within your app settings
Let’s create the sports command
Let's create the headlines command

12. Next steps
Add more categories e.g. business
Add functionality for keywords
Schedule the news posting

13. Thank you
@Andela @Andela_UG @johnkagga @Sekams

14. Q & A