README.md

sloppy-joe-bot

A slackbot that uses IBM's Natural Language Understanding API, and Markov Chains, to generate Alexis Tsipras' rhetoric

Demo

Usage

1. Put your slackbot token in a file called 'token' in the root directory
2. Set up IBM's Natural Language Understanding platform properly
3. Set up environment variables:
   • SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: The token of the slack bot
   • WATSON_API_KEY: The api key for the IBM's natural language understanding module
4. Install dependencies:

   $ npm install

5. Start the bot:

   $ npm start