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@Harish_S on My first slack bot! · about 6 hours ago

Built Micky's Mischief, a Slack bot using Node.js and Slack Bolt that provides fun slash commands for cat facts, jokes, developer excuses, and latency checks.Setting up Slack authentication, configuring slash commands, and deploying the bot on a Linux server using SSH and systemd were the biggest challenges.I'm proud of successfully deploying a real Slack bot that runs 24/7 on a remote server and integrating multiple APIs into one application.Install the Slack app in your workspace, configure the required Slack tokens, and use /micky-ask, /micky-catfact, /micky-joke, or /micky-excuse to test the bot.

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@Harish_S on My first slack bot! · 1 day ago

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In this project, I created Micky’s Mischief, which is a Slack bot powered by Node.js and the Slack Bolt Framework. This bot has custom slash commands that can generate random cat facts, programming jokes, developer excuses, and latency checking by integrating with other APIs. In the process, I got to learn how to configure a Slack app, use .env files for environment variable configuration, and fix problems related to slash commands and Socket Mode. Subsequently, I uploaded the bot to a Linux server remotely through SSH and used it as a systemd service, which keeps the bot running even after restarting the server.