Everyone knows that https://my.andela.com/ is a great tool as we expand as a talent marketplace But it's utilization is hindered by: -

1. Having to remember to fill every week
2. Having to log in to another system (It's a huge cost for context switching )
3. My Andela seems to be down

Clone this repository and go to branch into a folder in your computer

git clone https://github.com/kilonzi/my_andela_bot.git
git checkout -b main

Make sure you have python installed or it's Python 3+ onwards Run the command below to check your specific version

python --version

If an earlier version exists or you want to upgrade then follow this tutorial https://realpython.com/installing-python/

With Python 3 installed:- Navigate using the computer terminal, to the folder you downloaded source code into

cd  path/to/downloaded

The folder should contain the folder src Type in the command below to create a virtual environment.

python3 -m venv venv

In the terminal, run the below command to activate virtual environment

source venv/bin/activate

with Virtual Environment now active: - Run the command below to install all the requirements to run the program

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Create an app on slack and obtain the

SLACK_BOT_TOKEN => OAuth & Permissions SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET => Basic Information

Navigate to https://dashboard.ngrok.com/get-started/setup (Why??? Because slack will not allow sending of HTTP requests to https://localhost:3000) To download ngrok and run

./ngrok http 3000

You will need to go to your slack app and add the URL obtained from NGROK

1. Interactivity & Shortcuts => Update Interactivity URL so its something like https://bd1eafaee6c3.ngrok.io/slack/interactions

2. Event Subscriptions => Update request URL https://bd1eafaee6c3.ngrok.io/slack/events

You will already have done this

python3 run.py

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