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#RASPBERRY PI SLACK CLIENT INSTALL#
#RASPBERRY PI SLACK CLIENT WINDOWS#

Any message that does not being with " rpi:" will be ignored.

There are three things to note about the message handler in the above code: To begin with, three packages need to be added to the project:

#RASPBERRY PI SLACK CLIENT INSTALL#

Install the app, authorize it, and now you can see the Bot User OAuth Access token. If you haven't already installed the app in your workspace, you'll see this button: Set the display name and default user name, then click on Add Bot User:Ĭlick on OAuth & Permissions on the left: For example, my bot is called " rpichat" and is listed on the page:Ĭlick on " Add Features and functionality" and you'll see this:Īnd then " Add a Bot User". IMPORTANT! At the point where you create your app, you will also need to create a bot. The first step is to create a bot app for your Slack account. If you don't have a Slack account, follow the "How to Get Started" section in the Creating Your First Slack article by Ryan Peden.

#RASPBERRY PI SLACK CLIENT WINDOWS#

If you don't have an rPi, you can still run the application from Visual Studio though of course the Linux, rPi, and LCD1602 specific stuff won't work. That leaves you with sending "ping" but you can easily add additional behaviors. In fact, I did a lot of the Slack API testing from a Windows box with Visual Studio. If you're not familiar with the LCD1602, review my article here. If you're not familiar with those steps, there are a lot of resources you can find simply by Googling "rpi dotnet core" or by reviewing my previous article, particularly the sections on PuTTY and WinSCP, Installing.

Fire up a terminal window in Putty to run it.

publish it with the linux-arm architecture.

Send a Command to a Device, like the LCD1602 Get the Temperature of Your rPi Processor What's a poor boy to do? Well, if you've added this Slack Bot app to your Slack account, you can talk to your rPi from anywhere! Send bash commands, check on its health, control your devices, all from Slack! Examples Simple Ping So your rPi is sitting there on your local network and you (hopefully!) haven't opened the telnet ports on your router, and you are not at home but you need to talk to your rPi. This article is my submission to the Slack API Challenge.

Initializing the API and Receiving Messages.

Send a Command to a Device, like the LCD1602.

Get the Temperature of Your rPi Processor.