botkit/examples/slack/team_slashcommand.js

Building blocks for Building Bots

var Botkit = require('../../lib/Botkit.js');

var controller = Botkit.slackbot({
    debug: true
});


controller.setupWebserver(3000, function(err, webserver) {
    controller.createWebhookEndpoints(webserver);
});

controller.on('slash_command', function(bot, message) {
    // check message.command
    // and maybe message.text...
    // use EITHER replyPrivate or replyPublic...
    bot.replyPrivate(message, 'This is a private reply to the ' + message.command + ' slash command!');

    // and then continue to use replyPublicDelayed or replyPrivateDelayed
    bot.replyPublicDelayed(message, 'This is a public reply to the ' + message.command + ' slash command!');

    bot.replyPrivateDelayed(message, ':dash:');

});