https://github.com/Virtual-Coffee/bot-meetingplace-events

A friendly bot to give us a heads up when the next events are.
https://github.com/Virtual-Coffee/bot-meetingplace-events

github-actions heroku-scheduler meetingplace ruby slack-bot

Last synced: about 1 month ago
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A friendly bot to give us a heads up when the next events are.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/Virtual-Coffee/bot-meetingplace-events
• Owner: Virtual-Coffee
• License: mit
• Archived: true
• Created: 2020-11-02T12:45:59.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-03-25T19:58:09.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-19T11:10:28.784Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: github-actions, heroku-scheduler, meetingplace, ruby, slack-bot
• Language: Ruby
• Homepage:
• Size: 68.4 KB
• Stars: 7
• Watchers: 8
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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README

        
# Archived

Hey there. Virtual Coffee isn't using this package any more, so we've archived it. Please feel free to fork and use on your own!

We miss you, Mike. ❤️

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# Bot : MeetingPlace Events

This friendly bot reports when the next event is in our Slack.

It pulls the data from the [MeetingPlace API](https://meetingplace.io/api/v1/group/virtual-coffee/events.json).

## Sample Output

![Slack Message showing this weeks events](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/325384/123550836-fbefcc80-d734-11eb-9519-ce0642abdd28.png)

![Daily Reminder & Pre Event reminder](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/325384/123550882-204ba900-d735-11eb-824c-b431cddc9f4d.png)

```

📅 *Next Event:* Virtual Coffee - Morning Crowd

Starting in 10 minutes! 

```

## Setting up

The bot runs on a schedule as managed by Heroku Scheduler (We did try GitHub Actions, but they proved unreliable at running on time). It requires the following [secrets](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/reference/encrypted-secrets) to be setup:

| Secret            | Source                                                      | Purpose                                   |

| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |

| `SLACK_API_TOKEN` | [Bot User OAuth Access Token](https://api.slack.com/apps/)  | This allows us to post as a bot to slack  |

### Slack Bot Token Scopes

The following scopes need to be added to your Slack Bot to allow it to post messages.

| Scope               |

| ------------------- |

| `chat:write.public` |

| `channels:read`     |

| `chat:write`        |

## Scheduled Messages

Currently there are three scheduled tasks which run:

| Rake Task                              | When it should be run                | Purpose                                               | Crontab      |

| -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------- | -------------|

| `virtual_coffee_bot:next_event`        | Hourly ~15 minutes before the hour   | Gives a heads up that a new meeting is about to start | `45 * * * *` |

| `virtual_coffee_bot:todays_events`     | Every morning at 8am (Except Monday) | Tells us in the morning an event will happen that day | `0 8 * * *`  |

| `virtual_coffee_bot:this_weeks_events` | Every Monday at 8am UTC              | Lists all the meetings starting that week             | `0 8 * * *`  |