• Forked and inspired by pybites/slackbot.
• Code for article How to Build a Simple Slack Bot.

• Python 3.6+ (not tested on lower versions) with PIP

• Docker with Docker Compose

1. Clone the repository (or fork and clone).
2. Copy or move secrets.yml.sample to secrets.yml.

• Required: slackbot.name, slackbot.token
• Optional: slackbot.id

1. Create a new bot user
2. Store the bot's username in secrets.yml as slackbot.name
3. Store the API Token in secrets.yml as slackbot.token
4. Note: slackbot.id is optional and will be determined at instantiation of NewsSlackBot

• Required: consumer.key, consumer.secret, access.token, access.token_secret

1. Create a new Twitter app
2. Look for Manage the keys and access tokens near the Consumer Key (API Keys) and make sure the Consumer and Access keys are generated.
3. Store the Consumer Key in secrets.yml as twitter.consumer.key
4. Store the Consumer Secret in secrets.yml as twitter.consumer.sercet
5. Store the Access Token in secrets.yml as twitter.access.token
6. Store the Access Token Secret in secrets.yml as twitter.access.token_secret

1. Once you have finished secrets.yml, then we just build the image.

   docker-compose build

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1. Assuming you have Python 3 installed, let's get the environment setup:

   pip3 install -r requirements.txt

1. Be sure to setup the environment in Install first.

1. Launch the container:

   docker-compose up -d

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1. Run in the foreground:

   ./run.sh

   OR background:

   ./run.sh &