https://github.com/iyadassaf/go-away

Automatically set a custom Slack status when you're on webcam 🎥
https://github.com/iyadassaf/go-away

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Automatically set a custom Slack status when you're on webcam 🎥

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/iyadassaf/go-away
• Owner: IyadAssaf
• Created: 2020-04-17T16:32:30.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-05-29T10:21:09.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-16T00:02:45.278Z (9 months ago)
• Topics: cli, do-not-disturb, on-air, osx, slack, webcam
• Language: Go
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• Size: 470 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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A tiny CLI tool and taskbar app to change your Slack status when you're on webcam. 

Useful for stopping people from walking into the room when you're on a work call

### Setup

1. [Download and install the most recent version of Go](https://golang.org/dl). 

 

2. [Set up a slack app](https://api.slack.com/authentication/basics) and install it in your slack workspace

 

### GoAway.app

- Run `make install-app` and copy your app to your Applications folder

- Start the app, you'll see the app in your task bar

![go-away](assets/screenshot.png)

  

- Select "Preferences" from the dropdown menu and enter your "OAuth Access Token" from the Slack app console. You can also edit your slack emoji and status message here.

![prefs](assets/prefs.png)

### CLI `go-away` 

3. Find your "OAuth Access Token" from the Slack app console and set it to an environment variable called `SLACK_API_TOKEN`

- Run `make install-cli` to install it to install the CLI tool

```

$ go-away --help

NAME:

   go-away - ./go-away

USAGE:

   go-away [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

DESCRIPTION:

   update slack with a status when you're on webcam

COMMANDS:

   help, h  Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:

   --debug               enable debug logging (default: false)

   --status-text value   text to use for slack status (default: "On webcam")

   --status-emoji value  emoji to use for slack status (default: "🎥")

   --refresh-rate value  number of seconds to refresh webcam status (default: 5)

   --help, -h            show help (default: false)

```