WPDSM Lightning talk for building slack bots using the WordPress REST API as a backend.

1. Building Bots For Fun
and (No) Profit
Using WordPress As A Platform
@abrudtkuhl

2. WordPress as a
Platform or Service

3. WordPress
WP Theme
Facebook
Slack
Node.js
WordPress
REST API
(+ extensions )
Twitter
Request
Response
Traditional

4. Why Extend REST API
• WP REST API has a predefined data structure
and response that may not work for you
• Custom Endpoints allow custom queries
• Include more data like custom fields in query
and response

5. Extending The API

6. Slack Slash Command

7. Slack Bot
Node.js and WordPress REST API

8. Slack OAuth

9. ALL THE LINKS
• heykramer.com/api
API Definition, Auto Discovery
• heykramer.com/wpcode
WordPress Code
• heykramer.com/botcode
Node.js Code
• heykramer.com/blog
Blog post about building everything