gatsby-source-slack

gatsby-source-slack

Use your Slack API token to download your channels and users into Gatsby's GraphQL data layer!

⚠ Please note: This plugin was made out of a specific necessity, so it doesn't cover all of Slack's API capabilities, focusing only on channels and users. If you want to add extra functionalities, feel free to create a PR and contribute :smile:

See this plugin in action here

Table of content

• Basic Usage
• Options
• Todo
• License

Basic usage

yarn add gatsby-source-slack
# or
npm i gatsby-source-slack --save

// in your gatsby-config.js
module.exports = {
  // ...
  plugins: [
    {
      resolve: 'gatsby-source-slack',
      options: {
        // Avoid including your token directly in your file.
        // Instead, opt for adding them to .env files for extra
        // security ;)
        token: 'xoxp-asdkl1posdapo12-asjsdi12idsaioo',
      },
    },
  ],
  // ...
};

Go through http://localhost:8000/___graphql after running gatsby develop to understand the created data and create a new query and checking available collections and fields by typing CTRL + SPACE.

Options

Options	Type	Default	Description
key	string		[required] Your API key
channelsToFetch	array of strings	[]	The IDs of channels you'd like to fetch
normalizeMessages	boolean	false	Wether the plugin should format messages' text to include the referenced users, links, etc.

Using .env variables to hide your key

If you don't want to attach your API key to the repo, you can easily store it in .env files by doing the following:

// In your .env file
SLACK_TOKEN = 'xoxp-asdkl1posdapo12-asjsdi12idsaioo';

// In your gatsby-config.js file
require('dotenv').config({
  path: `.env.${process.env.NODE_ENV}`,
});

module.exports = {
  // ...
  plugins: [
    {
      resolve: 'gatsby-source-slack',
      options: {
        token: process.env.SLACK_TOKEN,
        // ...
      },
    },
  ],
  // ...
};

This example is based off Gatsby Docs' implementation.

TODO

• Pass down the whole message objects into normalizedMessages;
• Better documentation on normalizeMEssages;
• Tutorial on how to set-up a Slack clone - maybe open source the one I've made;
• Live example of this working

License

I'm not very literate on licensing, so I just went with MIT, if you have any considerations just let me know! Oh, and, of course, feel free to contribute to this plugin, even bug reports are welcome!