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Development

Follow the steps below to setup this project for development.

Setup dependencies

  • This project works on Python3.8+
  • Install required packages 
    pip install -r requirements.txt

Starting development server

Export essential environment variables

  • SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET: Slack signing secret
  • SLACK_API_TOKEN: Bot user oauth token.
  • SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI: URI of the database to use. By default, a Sqlite DB is configured.
  • FLASK_APP=app:

DB setup 

flask db stamp head
flask db migrate
flask db upgrade

Start server 

flask run --host 0.0.0.0 --port 5000

Install on Slack

To test this development deployment, install this to your Slack workspace by following the doc here.

You can expose the local server via ngrok for test purposes like below

ngrok http 5000