running notes

lets get goin'

start app from root directory

1. get your virtural environment movin' - make sure you're workin' with pyhton 3

(slackbot> master) slackbot $ source venv/bin/activate 

2. store your slack signing secret & creds into your virturual environment

(env)
(slackbot> master) slackbot $ source .env

missing .env? np, we got you.

• run cp sample.env .env
• edit .env to store values for SLACK_BOT_TOKEN and SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET
  • you'll find these in your app configuration api.slack.com/apps/
  • SLACK_BOT_TOKEN can be found in OAuth & Permissions > Bot User OAuth Access Token
  • SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET can be found in Basic Information > Signing Secret
• then run source .env

^^ do this prior to running app.py

3. make sure you have your slack-related requirements

(env)
(slackbot> master) slackbot $ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

4. launch time

(env)
(slackbot> master) slackbot $ python3 app.py 
 * Tip: There are .env files present. Do "pip install python-dotenv" to use them.
 * Serving Flask app "slackeventsapi.server" (lazy loading)
 * Environment: production
   WARNING: Do not use the development server in a production environment.
   Use a production WSGI server instead.
 * Debug mode: on
 * Running on http://127.0.0.1:3000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
 * Restarting with stat
 * Tip: There are .env files present. Do "pip install python-dotenv" to use them.
 * Debugger is active!
 * Debugger PIN: 316-912-199

port forward with ngrok & update your slack api Request URL

1. in new tab, start ngrok

./ngrok http 3000 

should return something like this:

ngrok by @inconshreveable                                                                                                                                                                                   (Ctrl+C to quit)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Session Status                online                                                                                                                                                                                        
Account                       <your@email.com> (Plan: Free)                                                                                                                                                     
Update                        update available (version 2.3.29, Ctrl-U to update)                                                                                                                                           
Version                       2.3.27                                                                                                                                                                                        
Region                        United States (us)                                                                                                                                                                            
Web Interface                 http://127.0.0.1:4040                                                                                                                                                                         
Forwarding                    http://0041a9e0.ngrok.io -> http://localhost:3000                                                                                                                                             
Forwarding                    https://0041a9e0.ngrok.io -> http://localhost:3000                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Connections                   ttl     opn     rt1     rt5     p50     p90                                                                                                                                                   
                              0       0       0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00  

you should only need to care about the https forwarding address:

Forwarding                    https://0041a9e0.ngrok.io -> http://localhost:3000                                                                                                                                            

2. update your slackbot Request URL

head on over to api.slack.com/apps and open up your slack app

Event Supscriptions > change your Request URL to https://<session_token>.ngrok.io/slack/events

Once verified, make sure you click Save Changes

Setting up Looker API

1. follow install instructions to generate looker.ini https://pypi.org/project/looker-sdk/
2. run looker_example.py to ensure API creds and API base URL are working

Writing output to BigQuery

Configure BigQuery Cloud Platform https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/quickstarts/quickstart-client-libraries

• Install client library pip install --upgrade google-cloud-bigquery

• Set environment variable (should already be done in the setting up .env)

export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="[PATH]" -- this can also be added