A simple slack polling app which can be deployed in your own environment.
- Multiple active poll per channel
- Polls stored in-memory or cloudant
- Anonymous votes only
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In the slack app, create a slash command:
- Command:
/poll
or another command - Request URL:
https://your-slack-app-route/slack/command
, where route is obtained from Step 1. - Short Description:
Simple polling app hosted on IBM Cloud.
- Usage Hint:
"Would you like to play a game?" "Chess" "Falken's Maze" "Thermonuclear War"
- Command:
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Go to Interactive Components, and set Request URL to
https://your-slack-app-route/slack/action
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Go to Basic Information, write down Client ID, Client Secret and Verification Token
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In deployed IBM Cloud app, set env var CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET and VERIFY_TOKEN
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Visit https://your-ibm-cloud-app-route with browser
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Click Add to Slack button
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Confirm the authorization
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After slack redirects back, if you see a message "Success!", you have installed the app to your slack workspace.
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Check whether
poll
command shows up in your slack workspace.