https://github.com/donmccurdy/stack-overflow-feed-bot

Posts links in Slack for each new Stack Overflow question with a given tag.
https://github.com/donmccurdy/stack-overflow-feed-bot

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Posts links in Slack for each new Stack Overflow question with a given tag.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/donmccurdy/stack-overflow-feed-bot
• Owner: donmccurdy
• Archived: true
• Created: 2016-07-15T00:49:31.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-07-21T02:20:09.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-04-09T19:48:05.588Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: bot, slack
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 11.7 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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# Slack Bot – Stack Overflow Feed

Posts links in Slack for each new Stack Overflow question with a given tag.

## Setup

1. [Create a new Bot User](https://api.slack.com/bot-users#how_do_i_create_custom_bot_users_for_my_team) for your Slack team (you'll need to be an admin). You only need a **Bot Access Token**.

2. [Create an empty v2.0 app for the Stack Exchange API](http://stackapps.com/apps/oauth/register). You only need to get an API **Key**; ignore the rest.

3. Clone or [download this repository](https://github.com/donmccurdy/stack-overflow-feed-bot/archive/master.zip).

4. In the project folder, create a new `.env` file by coping `.env-example`. Fill in details from the previous steps, including your Slack **Access Token** and Stack Overflow **Key**.  If you're on Heroku, you can [use Heroku config](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/config-vars#setting-up-config-vars-for-a-deployed-application).

5. Run `npm install`.

6. Run `npm start`.

## Debugging

If you're having issues, you can start the bot in debug mode by setting `RUN_ONCE=true` in your environment. Try using the "javascript" tag to test – it gets new questions quite frequently.

## References

* [Stack Overflow API](https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/advanced-search)

* [Building a Slack Bot with Nodejs](https://scotch.io/tutorials/building-a-slack-bot-with-node-js-and-chuck-norris-super-powers)