# README
GoCryptoTrader package Slack

This slack package is part of the GoCryptoTrader codebase.
This is still in active development
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Slack Communications package
What is Slack?
- Slack is a code-centric collaboration hub that allows users to connect via an app and share different types of data
- Please visit: Slack for more information and account setup
Current Features
- Basic communication to your slack channel information includes:
- Working status of bot
How to enable
-
Individual package example below:
import (
"github.com/thrasher-corp/gocryptotrader/communications/slack"
"github.com/thrasher-corp/gocryptotrader/config"
)
s := new(slack.Slack)
// Define slack configuration
commsConfig := config.CommunicationsConfig{SlackConfig: config.SlackConfig{
Name: "Slack",
Enabled: true,
Verbose: false,
TargetChannel: "targetChan",
VerificationToken: "slackGeneratedToken",
}}
s.Setup(commsConfig)
err := s.Connect
// Handle error
Once the bot has started you can interact with the bot using these commands via Slack:
!status - Displays current working status of bot
!help - Displays help text
!settings - Displays current settings
Please click GoDocs chevron above to view current GoDoc information for this package
Contribution
Please feel free to submit any pull requests or suggest any desired features to be added.
When submitting a PR, please abide by our coding guidelines:
- Code must adhere to the official Go formatting guidelines (i.e. uses gofmt).
- Code must be documented adhering to the official Go commentary guidelines.
- Code must adhere to our coding style.
- Pull requests need to be based on and opened against the
master
branch.
Donations

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# Constants
const declares main slack url and commands that will be supported on client side.
# Structs
Message is a response type handling message data.
PresenceChange holds user presence data.
Response is a generalised response type.
SendMessage holds details for message information.
Slack starts a websocket connection and uses https://api.slack.com/rtm real time messaging.
WebsocketResponse holds websocket response data.