forecast-slack

Slack slash command that uses forecast.io to generate current weather and a near future forecast

You can search for the weather in various locations by using zip codes

You can also search by using landmarks, or other places of interest (powered by the Google Maps api)

Or you can set a default location to just get the weather for your office.

What you will need

• A Heroku account
• A Google Maps API key
• A forecast.io API key
• A slash command outgoing webhook token for your Slack team

Setup

• Clone this repo locally
• Create a new Heroku app and initialize the repo
• Push the repo to Heroku
• Navigate to the settings page of the Heroku app and add the following config variables:
  • OUTGOING_WEBHOOK_TOKEN The token for your slash command integration in Slack
  • GOOGLE_API_KEY Your Google Maps API key
  • FORECAST_API_KEY Your forecast.io API key
  • DEFAULT_LATLON The default latitude and longitude for the bot (your home, your office, etc)
• Navigate to the integrations page for your Slack team. Create an slash command, use the URL for your heroku app, and copy the webhook token to your OUTGOING_WEBHOOK_TOKEN config variable. Give the command a name and a cool icon. That's it!