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Create an ask-astro Slack bot

  1. Go to https://api.slack.com/apps.
  2. Click Create New Apps. 1-create-new-app
  3. On the Create an app page, click From scratch.
  4. Name the app and pick a Slack workspace 3-name-app After creating the Slack app, Slack redirects you to the home page of this app. 4-app-home-page
  5. Scroll down, to find the credentials for the ask-astro API backend 5-credentials
    • SLACK_CLIENT_ID: Client ID
    • SLACK_CLIENT_SECRET: Client Secret
    • SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET: Signing Secret
  6. Start the ask-astro API backend by using a reachable host, such as ngrok.
  7. Go to the OAuth & Permissions page.
  8. Add https://<ask-astro api backend host>/slack/oauth_redirect to Redirect URLs. 6-redirect-url
  9. Add the following scopes.
    • commands
    • app_mentions:read
    • channels:read
    • channels:history
    • groups:read
    • groups:history
    • chat:write
    • reactions:read
    • reactions:write
    • users:read
    • users:read.email
    • team:read
    • im:history
    • mpim:history
    • files:read 7-scope
  10. Go to Event Subscriptions page for your App. (https://api.slack.com/apps/<API_ID>/event-subscriptions?)
  11. Set Request URL to https://<ask-astro api backend host>/slack/events. 8-event-subscription
  12. Go to the Interactivity & Shortcuts page.
  13. Set Request URL to https://<ask-astro api backend host>/slack/events.
  14. Go to https://<ask-astro api backend host>/slack/install and click Add to Slack. 9-slack-install

The ask-astro bot is now available to use in your Slack work space!