Building Slack Bots in Golang

This project demonstrates how to build a Slackbot in Golang; it uses the slack-go library and communicates with slack using the socket mode.

Working on this project inspired me to write a couple of articles that you can read here or on Medium (* I included friend links so you won't hit Medium Paywall)

Slack Bot Tutorials

• Tutorial 0 : Every Slack Application starts with a few simple steps

• Tutorial 1 : Build Your Slack App Home in Golang Using Socket Mode

• Tutorial 2 : Properly Welcome Users in Slack with Golang using Socket Mode

• Tutorial 3: Implement Slack Slash Command with Golang using Socket Mode

• WIP Tutorial 4: [Creating Slack Shortcuts with Golang using Socket Mode]

Other topics

• Article 1 : Manage Static Assets in Golang

• Article 2 : Handler and Middleware design pattern in Golang

• Article 3 : Diagrams as code 3 must have tools

• Article 4 : Golang’s untyped constants might make your work easier. But there’s a catch

• WIP: Article 5 : You need a Dojo ⛪

Test the project

Create a file test_slack.env with the following variables:

SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=xoxb-xxxxxxxxxxx
SLACK_APP_TOKEN=xapp-1-xxxxxxxxx

Run the application

go run main.go

Showcases

1. Greetings
2. App Home
3. Slack commands

Greetings

Tutorial 2 : Properly Welcome Users in Slack with Golang using Socket Mode

App Home

Tutorial 1 : Build Your Slack App Home in Golang Using Socket Mode

Slash Commands

Tutorial 3: Implement Slack Slash Command with Golang using Socket Mode

References

• Building a home for your app 🏡