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Galaxy-Bot

By @Dhruvin_07

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ription / Commands:

A 24/7 community Slack bot built with Node.js and @slack/bolt utilizing Socket Mode. It provides three interactive commands:

/dh-ping — Checks bot responsiveness and timestamp.

/dh-dice [sides] — Rolls a customized or standard 6-sided die.

/dh-quote — Delivers inspirational developer quotes.

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@Dhruvin_07 on Galaxy-Bot

I built GalaxyBot, an interactive 24/7 Slack bot for the Hack Club workspace using Node.js, @slack/bolt, and Slack Socket Mode.

What was challenging:

Figuring out the 24/7 cloud hosting. I originally planned to host it on Nest, but with queues backed up, I switched to Render. Because Socket Mode doesn’t require public webhook endpoints, Render’s free tier kept going to sleep after 15 minutes. To fix this, I built a lightweight HTTP health-check server alongside Bolt and set up keep-alive monitoring so it never disconnects.

What I’m proud of:

Getting the bot completely independent from my local machine so it stays alive 24/7 in Hack Club Slack, with instant response times across all 5 slash commands.

How to test it in Slack:

Run any of these commands in any channel or DM:

/dh-ping — Checks bot responsiveness and live timestamp

/dh-dice [sides] — Rolls a custom die (try /dh-dice 20)

/dh-quote — Fetches a random developer quote

/dh-uptime — Shows live container uptime

/dh-help — Displays the full command menu

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