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https://github.com/gangstead/slack-rosie

Rosie the robot Slack butler for all your push button needs
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# Rosie the robot butler

![Rosie The Robot Butler](rosie-avatar-small.jpg)



Rosie is a chat bot built on the [Hubot][hubot] framework. It was initially generated by [generator-hubot][generator-hubot], and configured to be deployed on [Heroku][heroku] to get you up and running as quick as possible.  Also, it totally has nothing to do with my friend Kyle's [Alfred Pennyworth](https://github.com/kwandrews7/slack-alfred) slack bot.



This README is intended to help get you started. Definitely update and improve to talk about your own instance, how to use and deploy, what functionality he has, etc!



[heroku]: http://www.heroku.com

[hubot]: http://hubot.github.com

[generator-hubot]: https://github.com/github/generator-hubot



### Running Rosie Locally



You can test your hubot by running the following.



You can start Rosie locally by running:



    % bin/hubot



You'll see some start up output about where your scripts come from and a

prompt:



    [Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:41:11 GMT] INFO Loading adapter shell

    [Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:41:11 GMT] INFO Loading scripts from /home/tomb/Development/hubot/scripts

    [Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:41:11 GMT] INFO Loading scripts from /home/tomb/Development/hubot/src/scripts

    Hubot>



Then you can interact with rosie by typing `rosie help`.



    rosie> rosie help



    rosie> animate me  - The same thing as `image me`, except adds a few

    convert me  to  - Convert expression to given units.

    help - Displays all of the help commands that Hubot knows about.

    ...



### Scripting



An example script is included at `scripts/example.coffee`, so check it out to

get started, along with the [Scripting Guide](https://github.com/github/hubot/blob/master/docs/scripting.md).



For many common tasks, there's a good chance someone has already one to do just

the thing.



### hubot-scripts



There will inevitably be functionality that everyone will want. Instead

of writing it yourself, you can check

[hubot-scripts][hubot-scripts] for existing scripts.



To enable scripts from the hubot-scripts package, add the script name with

extension as a double quoted string to the `hubot-scripts.json` file in this

repo.



[hubot-scripts]: https://github.com/github/hubot-scripts



### external-scripts



Hubot is able to load scripts from third-party `npm` package. Check the package's documentation, but in general it is:



1. Add the packages as dependencies into your `package.json`

2. `npm install` to make sure those packages are installed

3. Add the package name to `external-scripts.json` as a double quoted string



You can review `external-scripts.json` to see what is included by default.



##  Persistence



If you are going to use the `hubot-redis-brain` package

(strongly suggested), you will need to add the Redis to Go addon on Heroku which requires a verified

account or you can create an account at [Redis to Go][redistogo] and manually

set the `REDISTOGO_URL` variable.



    % heroku config:add REDISTOGO_URL="..."



If you don't require any persistence feel free to remove the

`hubot-redis-brain` from `external-scripts.json` and you don't need to worry

about redis at all.



[redistogo]: https://redistogo.com/



## Adapters



Adapters are the interface to the service you want your hubot to run on. This

can be something like Campfire or IRC. There are a number of third party

adapters that the community have contributed. Check

[Hubot Adapters][hubot-adapters] for the available ones.



If you would like to run a non-Campfire or shell adapter you will need to add

the adapter package as a dependency to the `package.json` file in the

`dependencies` section.



Once you've added the dependency and run `npm install` to install it you can

then run hubot with the adapter.



    % bin/hubot -a 



Where `` is the name of your adapter without the `hubot-` prefix.



[hubot-adapters]: https://github.com/github/hubot/blob/master/docs/adapters.md



## Deployment



    % heroku create --stack cedar

    % git push heroku master



If your Heroku account has been verified you can run the following to enable

and add the Redis to Go addon to your app.



    % heroku addons:add redistogo:nano



If you run into any problems, checkout Heroku's [docs][heroku-node-docs].



You'll need to edit the `Procfile` to set the name of your hubot.



More detailed documentation can be found on the

[deploying hubot onto Heroku][deploy-heroku] wiki page.



### Deploying to UNIX or Windows



If you would like to deploy to either a UNIX operating system or Windows.

Please check out the [deploying hubot onto UNIX][deploy-unix] and

[deploying hubot onto Windows][deploy-windows] wiki pages.



[heroku-node-docs]: http://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/node-js

[deploy-heroku]: https://github.com/github/hubot/blob/master/docs/deploying/heroku.md

[deploy-unix]: https://github.com/github/hubot/blob/master/docs/deploying/unix.md

[deploy-windows]: https://github.com/github/hubot/blob/master/docs/deploying/unix.md



## Campfire Variables



If you are using the Campfire adapter you will need to set some environment

variables. Refer to the documentation for other adapters and the configuraiton

of those, links to the adapters can be found on [Hubot Adapters][hubot-adapters].



Create a separate Campfire user for your bot and get their token from the web

UI.



    % heroku config:add HUBOT_CAMPFIRE_TOKEN="..."



Get the numeric IDs of the rooms you want the bot to join, comma delimited. If

you want the bot to connect to `https://mysubdomain.campfirenow.com/room/42`

and `https://mysubdomain.campfirenow.com/room/1024` then you'd add it like this:



    % heroku config:add HUBOT_CAMPFIRE_ROOMS="42,1024"



Add the subdomain hubot should connect to. If you web URL looks like

`http://mysubdomain.campfirenow.com` then you'd add it like this:



    % heroku config:add HUBOT_CAMPFIRE_ACCOUNT="mysubdomain"



[hubot-adapters]: https://github.com/github/hubot/blob/master/docs/adapters.md



## Restart the bot



You may want to get comfortable with `heroku logs` and `heroku restart`

if you're having issues.