🤖 Start ngrok*

In order for Slack to contact your local server, you'll need to run a tunnel. We recommend ngrok or localtunnel. We're going to use ngrok for this example.

If you don't have ngrok, download it here.

Here's a rudimentary diagream of how ngrok allows Slack to connect to your server

💡 Slack requires event requests be delivered over SSL, so you'll want to

use the HTTPS URL provided by ngrok.

Run ngrok and copy the HTTPS URL

ngrok http 3000

ngrok by @inconshreveable (Ctrl+C to quit)

Session status                      online
Version                             2.1.18
Region                  United States (us)
Web Interface        http://127.0.0.1:4040

Forwarding http://h7465j.ngrok.io -> localhost:9292
Forwarding https://h7465j.ngrok.io -> localhost:9292

🤖 Run the app:

You'll need to have your server and ngrok running to complete your app's Event Subscription setup

python app.py

🤖 Subscribe your app to events

Add your Request URL (your ngrok URL + /slack/events) and subscribe your app to message.channels under bot events. Save and toggle Enable Events to on

🎉 Once your app has been installed and subscribed to Bot Events, you will begin receiving event data from Slack

👋 Interact with your bot:

Invite your bot to a public channel, then paste ticket url and your bot will respond.