bot.say does not work with # prefixed channel name

[metoikos]

bot.say does not work with # prefixed channel name

[metoikos]

@anonrig it's already in documentation.

bot.api.channels.list({},function(err,response) {
})

I've created simple solution for that, loading both users and channels on bot boot-up.

var fullTeamList = [];
var fullChannelList = [];
controller.spawn({
    token: config.get("slack_bot_key")
}).startRTM(function (err, bot) {
    if (err) {
        throw new Error(err);
    }

    // @ https://api.slack.com/methods/users.list
    bot.api.users.list({}, function (err, response) {
        if (response.hasOwnProperty('members') && response.ok) {
            var total = response.members.length;
            for (var i = 0; i < total; i++) {
                var member = response.members[i];
                fullTeamList.push({name: member.name, id: member.id});
            }
        }
    });

    // @ https://api.slack.com/methods/channels.list
    bot.api.channels.list({}, function (err, response) {
        if (response.hasOwnProperty('channels') && response.ok) {
            var total = response.channels.length;
            for (var i = 0; i < total; i++) {
                var channel = response.channels[i];
                fullChannelList.push({name: channel.name, id: channel.id});
            }
        }
    });
});

Now you can use both users and channels globally.

[tonythomson]

I believe this is a documentation error; bot.say() uses the RTM API, which expects a channel ID.

[ZuzooVn]

@metoikos What's your development environment?

[metoikos]

Hello @ZuzooVn
OS X El Capitan

➜  ~  uname -a
Darwin rocko 15.0.0 Darwin Kernel Version 15.0.0: Sat Sep 19 15:53:46 PDT 2015; root:xnu-3247.10.11~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
➜  ~  node --version
v4.2.2

[ZuzooVn]

I can not build the source code with

➜ ~ uname -a Darwin hostname.local 15.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 15.2.0: Fri Nov 13 19:56:56 PST 2015; root:xnu-3248.20.55~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

➜ ~ node --version v5.0.0

[metoikos]

I installed with npm install botkit command.
It generates some errors but it's not related to botkit, it is a bufferutil issue. You can check out at issue #2

[anonrig]

@metoikos How do you learn the channel id?

[tonythomson]

We've drifted off-topic from the issue... @benbrown Any plans for a chatroom/forum/email list?

@anonrig A list of current channel IDs is available from the channel list API, but it's probably better to just use the data you get from the bot's initial connection to RTM, and then keep that list up to date. You can edit the file Slackbot_worker.js (see line 75 or so) to have the bot cache different data sets for the Slack team to which you're connecting (e.g. users, channels, IMs, etc.)

[benbrown]

@tonythomson There is an open slack room waiting for you!! http://dev4slack.xoxco.com/ We've already got a botkit channel open and active.

[PrajaktaNaik]

How do I get the current channel name in which my bot is replying to the user.

[jsullivanlive]

@PrajaktaNaik I had the same question today and here's how I did it (you'll want to cache it since it hits the api):

    controller.hears(['test'], ['direct_message', 'mention'],  (bot, message) => {
        bot.api.channels.info({channel: message.channel}, (e, r) => {
            if (r && r.ok) bot.reply(message, 'channel name: ' + r.channel.name)
        })
    })