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# 🦉 Jia
Keeping an eye on the Hack Club Slacks [#counttoamillion](https://hackclub.slack.com/archives/CDJMS683D) channel.
## Setup
### Creating the Slack app
Youll need to create a Slack app (not a classic one) with at least the following bot token scopes. The reasons each scope is required are also included:
- `channels:history` (or `groups:history`, if its a private channel): Used to listen to messages sent.
- `chat:write`: Used for sending messages.
- `reactions:write`: For reacting to invalid messages.
Then youll need to subscribe the app to a few events. The server has an endpoint open at `/slack/events`, so when youre asked for a request URL, just put `https://<SERVER>/slack/events`. Only the following events are needed:
- `message.channels` (or `message.groups` if its a private channel)
### Environment variables
Here are all the variables you need to set up, with hints.
```bash
# The port to run the app server on
PORT=3000
# Redis database to store the last number and its sender
REDIS_URL=redis://…
# App config. Obtained from the "Basic Information" page of your app.
SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=xoxb-…
SLACK_VERIFICATION_TOKEN=xxxx…
# The channel where Jia should validate counted numbers in.
SLACK_CHANNEL_ID=C…
```
### Deploying
```bash
# Run it…
make
# …or build a binary and run that instead
make build
./bin/jia
```
After youve followed all the above steps, you should see something like this:
```bash
Starting Jia…
Listening on port 3000
```
## License
[MIT License](LICENSE.txt)