creating custom slack integrations with vapor

CREATING CUSTOM SLACK INTEGRATIONS WITH VAPOR

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WHAT IS VAPOR?

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WHAT IS VAPOR?

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WHAT IS VAPOR?

▸ Vapor is a collection of open source, Swift 3 modules for building web apps

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WHAT IS VAPOR?

▸ Vapor is a collection of open source, Swift 3 modules for building web apps

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Source: https://youtu.be/G_dUwkhZst0

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WHY VAPOR?

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WHY VAPOR?

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WHY VAPOR?

▸ Swift is AWESOME!

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WHY VAPOR?

▸ Swift is AWESOME!

▸ Nice option for iOS dev to create their own back-end

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WHY VAPOR?

▸ Swift is AWESOME!

▸ Nice option for iOS dev to create their own back-end

▸ It’s fast

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WHAT IS SLACK?

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WHAT IS SLACK?

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WHAT IS SLACK?

▸ Slack is a team communications tool

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WHAT IS SLACK?

▸ Slack is a team communications tool

▸ https://orlandodevs.slack.com/

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WHAT DO I NEED TO DEVELOP WITH VAPOR?

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WHAT DO I NEED TO DEVELOP WITH VAPOR?

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WHAT DO I NEED TO DEVELOP WITH VAPOR?▸ Swift 3

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WHAT DO I NEED TO DEVELOP WITH VAPOR?▸ Swift 3

▸ macOS - Xcode 8

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WHAT DO I NEED TO DEVELOP WITH VAPOR?▸ Swift 3

▸ macOS - Xcode 8

▸ Ubuntu - curl-sLswift.vapor.sh/ubuntu|bash

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WHAT DO I NEED TO DEVELOP WITH VAPOR?▸ Swift 3

▸ macOS - Xcode 8

▸ Ubuntu - curl-sLswift.vapor.sh/ubuntu|bash

▸ https://swift.org/getting-started/#installing-swift

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WHAT DO I NEED TO DEVELOP WITH VAPOR?▸ Swift 3

▸ macOS - Xcode 8

▸ Ubuntu - curl-sLswift.vapor.sh/ubuntu|bash

▸ https://swift.org/getting-started/#installing-swift

▸ curl-sLcheck.vapor.sh|bash

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WHAT DO I NEED TO DEVELOP WITH VAPOR?▸ Swift 3

▸ macOS - Xcode 8

▸ Ubuntu - curl-sLswift.vapor.sh/ubuntu|bash

▸ https://swift.org/getting-started/#installing-swift

▸ curl-sLcheck.vapor.sh|bash

▸ Vapor Toolbox

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WHAT DO I NEED TO DEVELOP WITH VAPOR?▸ Swift 3

▸ macOS - Xcode 8

▸ Ubuntu - curl-sLswift.vapor.sh/ubuntu|bash

▸ https://swift.org/getting-started/#installing-swift

▸ curl-sLcheck.vapor.sh|bash

▸ Vapor Toolbox

▸ curl-sLtoolbox.vapor.sh|bash

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WHAT DO I NEED TO DEVELOP WITH VAPOR?▸ Swift 3

▸ macOS - Xcode 8

▸ Ubuntu - curl-sLswift.vapor.sh/ubuntu|bash

▸ https://swift.org/getting-started/#installing-swift

▸ curl-sLcheck.vapor.sh|bash

▸ Vapor Toolbox

▸ curl-sLtoolbox.vapor.sh|bash

▸ https://vapor.github.io/documentation/getting-started/manual.html

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SLACK DEVELOPMENT BASICS

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SLACK DEVELOPMENT BASICS

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SLACK DEVELOPMENT BASICS

▸ Types of Custom Integrations

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SLACK DEVELOPMENT BASICS

▸ Types of Custom Integrations

▸ Incoming/Outgoing Webhooks

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SLACK DEVELOPMENT BASICS

▸ Types of Custom Integrations

▸ Incoming/Outgoing Webhooks

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SLACK DEVELOPMENT BASICS

▸ Types of Custom Integrations

▸ Incoming/Outgoing Webhooks

▸ Bot Users

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SLACK DEVELOPMENT BASICS

▸ Types of Custom Integrations

▸ Incoming/Outgoing Webhooks

▸ Bot Users

▸ Slash Commands

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SLACK DEVELOPMENT BASICS

▸ Types of Custom Integrations

▸ Incoming/Outgoing Webhooks

▸ Bot Users

▸ Slash Commands

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SLACK MESSAGES

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SLACK MESSAGES

▸ Basic message format:{“text”:“Thisistext”,“response_type”:“ephemeral”}

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SLACK MESSAGES

▸ Basic message format:{“text”:“Thisistext”,“response_type”:“ephemeral”}

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SLACK MESSAGES

▸ Basic message format:{“text”:“Thisistext”,“response_type”:“ephemeral”}

▸ Attachments:{“response_type”:“in_channel”,“attachments”:[{“title”:“Thisisthetitle”, “text”:“Thisistext”,“color”:“#000000”}]}

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SLACK MESSAGES

▸ Basic message format:{“text”:“Thisistext”,“response_type”:“ephemeral”}

▸ Attachments:{“response_type”:“in_channel”,“attachments”:[{“title”:“Thisisthetitle”, “text”:“Thisistext”,“color”:“#000000”}]}

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SLACK MESSAGES

▸ Basic message format:{“text”:“Thisistext”,“response_type”:“ephemeral”}

▸ Attachments:{“response_type”:“in_channel”,“attachments”:[{“title”:“Thisisthetitle”, “text”:“Thisistext”,“color”:“#000000”}]}

▸ https://api.slack.com/docs/messages

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LESSONS LEARNED

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LESSONS LEARNED

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LESSONS LEARNED

▸ You won’t be able to use all the frameworks you’re accustomed to using in iOS development

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LESSONS LEARNED

▸ You won’t be able to use all the frameworks you’re accustomed to using in iOS development

▸ Testing on both macOS and Linux is essential

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REFERENCES

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REFERENCES

▸ Slack API Documentation - https://api.slack.com/

▸ Vapor Documentation - https://docs.vapor.codes

▸ Vapor Slack - http://vapor.team

▸ https://github.com/WERUreo/WeatherSlack/

▸ https://github.com/WERUreo/werureo-slackbots/

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REFERENCES

▸ Slack API Documentation - https://api.slack.com/

▸ Vapor Documentation - https://docs.vapor.codes

▸ Vapor Slack - http://vapor.team

▸ https://github.com/WERUreo/WeatherSlack/

▸ https://github.com/WERUreo/werureo-slackbots/

QUESTIONS?

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