slack-helperbot/utils.js

A slackbot framework for easily building microbots and commands

var _ = require('lodash');

module.exports = {


	// takes a message string and any number of arguments, either string or array
	// The message must have each argument in it, or if the argument is an array
	// at least one of the strings in the array
	//
	//example: utils.messageHas(msg, ['higgins', 'higs', 'higbro'], 'pokedex')
	messageHas : function(msg){
		if(!msg) return false;
		var words = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
		return _.every(words, (options)=>{
			if(_.isString(options)) return _.includes(msg.toLowerCase(), options.toLowerCase());

			if(_.isArray(options)) return _.some(options, (opt)=>{
				return _.includes(msg.toLowerCase(), opt.toLowerCase());
			});
		});
	},

	// Takes a message string and returns an array of objects that represent each
	// value and unit pair.
	//
	//example: "It's 14 degrees out!" -> [{val : 14, unit : 'degrees'}]
	extractNumberUnits : function(msg){
		var isNumber = (t)=> (/^\d+$/).test(t);
		var val;
		return _.reduce(_.words(msg), (r, word)=>{
			if(isNumber(word)){
				val = word;
			}else if(val && !isNumber(word)){
				r.push({
					val : val,
					unit : word
				});
				val = null;
			}
			return r;
		}, [])
	},




	// Given a weighted message map, will return a random message based on the weights
	// {
	//  'hey!' : 40,
	//  'Cool guy' : 60
	// }
	getResponse : function(msgMap){

	},

	getDay : function(ts){

	},
	getMonth : function(ts){

	},
	getDate : function(ts){

	},
	getTime : function(ts){

	}
}