My Slack Bot
By
@Ditto
- 1 Devlogs
- 2 Total hours
This bot isn't slacking off, it replies to messages 24/7!
Ship #1
I built a Slack bot that runs 24/7. I used Hack Club Nest as the server and it supports 15 commands. During development, the /dittobot-ping command stopped working, so I dug around everywhere trying to find the cause, but I couldn’t find it. It turned out that the section containing the /dittobot-ping command had been deleted during refactoring… Once I fixed that, it finally worked… I felt absolutely great…
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I made DittoBot because I wanted to try making my own Slack bot. I started with a simple ping command and kept adding more things like weather, calculator, jokes, random choices, and other small tools.
As the code got longer, I separated each command into its own file. I also deployed the bot on Hack Club Nest, so it can stay online 24/7. I learned a lot about Slack bots, APIs, GitHub, and deploying while making it.
During development, I deployed to Nest and tried running the /dittobot-ping command, but it didn’t work. I tinkered with various settings, but nothing worked properly. It turned out that the /ping command code was missing from index.js… Once I added it back, it started working correctly.
