Slack-bot-File-Uploading 📁

Slack-Bot is a communication tool used by developers and companies to share information and communicate. It has grown very popular in recent years.

In this Golang project, we’re building a slack bot that uploads a file. With so much technology available to individuals and corporations , you could have several different files uploaded to your stack server. Slack supports several file types including standard images . Users can also ink videos that can be viewed directly from the link displaying the video content and play buttons in slack.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Configuration
• Contributing
• Acknowledgements
• Contact

Installation

1.Clone the repository: git clone: https://github.com/Poonam-13/Slack-bot-File-Uploading.git

2.Connecting to Slack from Golang:

mkdir slack-bot

cd slack-bot

go mod init 

3. Build the application:

   go build

4. Install the required dependencies:

go get -u github.com/slack-go/slack

go get -u github.com/poonam-13

5. Set up a Slack app and obtain the necessary credentials (token, signing secret).

6. Configure the bot's credentials by either setting environment variables or creating a config.json file. See the Configuration section for more details.

7. Run the application:

   go run main.go

8. Invite the bot to your Slack workspace and grant the necessary permissions to upload files.

Usage 🔥

1. Add the bot to a channel where you want to enable file uploading.

2. In the Slack chat interface, use the bot's designated commands to upload files. For example, you might use a command like /upload <path-to-file> to initiate the file upload process.

3. The bot will process the file and upload it to the specified channel.

4. The bot will respond with a success message and provide a link to access the uploaded file.

Configuration

The bot requires the following configuration options:

• SLACK_TOKEN: The Slack bot token used for authentication.
• SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET: The Slack app's signing secret for verifying requests.

Make sure to replace the placeholder values with your actual credentials.

Contributing✨

Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to contribute to the project.

Acknowledgements

This project utilizes the official Slack API for interacting with the Slack platform.

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