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slack-poll-app

A simple slack polling app which can be deployed in your own environment.

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Current Features

  • One active poll per channel
  • Polls stored in-memory or cloudant
  • Anonymous votes only

How to use

  1. Click to deploy to IBM Cloud: Deploy to IBM Cloud

  2. Create a slack app

  3. 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"

  4. Go to Interactive Components, and set Request URL to https://your-slack-app-route/slack/action

  5. Go to Basic Information, write down Client ID, Client Secret and Verification Token

  6. In deployed IBM Cloud app, set env var CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET and VERIFY_TOKEN

Install app to your slack workspace

  1. Visit https://your-ibm-cloud-app-route with browser

  2. Click Add to Slack button

  3. Confirm the authorization

  4. After slack redirects back, if you see a message "Success!", you have installed the app to your slack workspace.

  5. Check whether poll command shows up in your slack workspace.