Setup & Installation

• Install ngrok: https://dashboard.ngrok.com/get-started/setup
• Run

ngrok http 3000

This exposes your local flask server using a randomly assigned URL that you get from the command. This will be of the form https://.ngrok.io. Note this URL will change everytime you restart ngrok.

• Create a new Slack App: https://api.slack.com/apps?new_app=1
  • Click "Create New App", choose "From scratch" option
  • Provide an App Name, Select a workspace
  • Add Features & Functionality
    • Slash Commands:
      • Command: /chatgpt
      • Request URL: provide the ngrok URL you got above followed by the slack command: https://.ngrok.io/chatgpt
      • Short Description: GPT chatbot for slack
      • Usage Hint: ""
    • OAuth & Permissions
      • The Bot User OAuth Token you see here is the slack token you will use in your code
      • Scopes: Enable the following bot token scopes: channels:join, chat:write, chat:write_customize, chat:write.public, commands, incoming-webhook
    • Activate Incoming Webhooks
      • Select a channel for the bot to post to
      • The webhook URL you see here is what is provided as the response URL in the code.
      • Install your app to your workspace

Run flask server

• Create a conda environment:

conda create -n "chatgpt" python=3.8
pip3 install flask revChatGPT 

• Run flask server to serve generated images to slack workspace

python chatgpt_slackbot.py

Run on Google Cloud

• Create a basic f1-micro (~$5/month) instance
• Installation

# Get ngrok & other tools
curl https://bin.equinox.io/c/4VmDzA7iaHb/ngrok-stable-linux-amd64.zip -o ngrok-stable-linux-amd64.zip
sudo apt-get install unzip tmux git
unzip ngrok-stable-linux-amd64.zip

• Run ngrok in a tmux session

tmux
./ngrok authtoken <token>

• Run flask server in a separate tmux session

tmux
git clone https://github.com/sanzgiri/chatgpt_slackbot.git
pip3 install flask revChatGPT packaging
cd chatgpt_slackbot
python3 chatgpt_slackbot.py