A slack slash command for nominating a reviewer for a code review.

/random-reviewer {list of names/slack usernames seperated by a comma or space or nothing for slack usernames} x{number of reviewers to select} for {link or extra info}

Note: x{number of reviewers to select} is optional

Note: for and the text following it is optional

/random-reviewer Bob John Fred: No need to use slack usernames if you don't want to.

/random-reviewer @Bob, @John, @Fred: You can use slack usernames if you want them to be alerted to their nomination.

/random-reviewer @Bob, John Fred: You can mix and match too. Mix and match the separator (comma or space) as well if you desire.

/rangom-reviewer Bon, John, Fred x2: You can nominate more than one reviewer if you like.

/random-reviewer Bob John Fred for http://link.com: You can append a link to the review using for.

/random-reviewer Bob John Fred for A super empowering review!!: It doesn't have to be a link either.

/random-reviewer Bob John Fred x2 for The best review today!!: You can use the counter and for together.

npm install

npm start

npm test

The API expects a payload in the form

{ 
  "text": "{user list} x{count} for {link/info}",
  "user_id": "(Optional) ID of the slack user who used the command e.g. 'U12345'",
  "channel_id": "(Optional) ID of the slack channel the command was used in"
}

Try POST http://localhost:8306/random-reviewer With body:

{ 
  "text": "User1, User2 for http://link.com"
}

There is a Swagger spec for this project in the aws directory.

• Create a Lambda function using index-lambda.js as the entry point. You will also need to add splitter.js and handler.js.
• Deploy your lambda function and change the swagger x-amazon-apigateway-integration URI to point at your lambda.
• Change {{api-id}} to be the ID of your REST API.
• Import the swagger spec into API Gateway.
• Deploy your api to a stage called prod.
• Create a slack slash command and point it at your API Gateway endpoint. e.g: https://{{rest-api-id}}.execute-api.{{region}}.amazonaws.com/prod/random-reviewer

• Push this repo to Heroku (there's already a Procfile)
• Create a slack slash command and point it at your Heroku endpoint. e.g: https://{{app-name}}.herokuapp.com/random-reviewer