README.md

askbot-slack

A basic Askbot integration with Slack. When a question, comment or answer is posted to Askbot, a specific Slack channel is sent a message that looks like this:

Works with up to Django 4.

Up and Running In Three Easy Steps

Step 1 - Alter Askbot's settings.py

Add 'askbot_slack' to INSTALLED_APPS of settings.py in the Askbot install directory.

Step 2 - Configure Slack integration parameters

Parameters are available in Askbot's settings -> external services -> Slack integration

Alternatively, specify the following settings in the settings.py, with the corresponding values:

ASKBOT_SLACK_ENABLED = True
ASKBOT_SLACK_USERNAME = '...'
ASKBOT_SLACK_CHANNEL = '#...'
ASKBOT_SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL = 'https://...'