Lab: Scrabble Score Bot
Lab: Add a “Slack Bot” that returns a Scrabble Score for a given word
Overview
You are tasked with creating a Slack Bot that returns a scrabble score when provided with a word
For example:
If a user of your ScrabbleScoreBot types in the following slash command into Slack:
Then a score of 12 should be returned by the Slack bot
Requirements
1) Create a new Slack App called ScrabbleScoreBot (follow the same steps from the OpenWeatherBot tutorial)
2) Follow the same steps from the tutorial to set up your Node application
3) Create a slash command (see Step 10 from the tutorial) with the following specs:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Command | /scrabblescore |
| Request URL | https://{Add your ngrok url}/scrabblescore |
| Short Description | Get the scrabble score for any word |
| Usage Hint | [word] |
4) Use the following API endpoint to fetch the scrabble score associated with a word
GET https://scrabble-scorer-api.herokuapp.com/api/v1/words/score?word={add_your_word_here}
Note: The request parameter: word is required; this API does not require an API Key