L&D series: Create simple Telegram and Slack bot

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Learning and Development chapter 2.

Telegram

• Please say hello to @BotFather.

Greeting to BotFather

• Click or type /newbot .

Type full name for the bot

Type username for the bot

Create new bot successfully

Golang

Framework https://github.com/tucnak/telebot

• Run by go run main.go .

Ruby

Framework https://github.com/telegram-bot-rb/telegram-bot

• Run by ruby main.rb

Bot result

Slack

• Go to https://api.slack.com/apps.
• Click Create New App .

Create a new Slack app

• Click your bot.

Bot preview

• Turn ON the webhook setting.

Activate the webhook

• Click Add New Webhook to Workspace .

Creating new webhook

• Click Allow .

Allow permission

• Click Copy below Webhook URL . Or if you want to try, copy the curl and paste it in your terminal.

Create webhook successfully

Golang

We’ll try using the service this time.

• Run by go run main.go .

Ruby

We’ll try using httparty this time.

• Run by ruby main.rb .

Bot Result

Slack bot result

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Many ways to create a bot. Which one do you prefer? :D — MperMperPisang