Share Bot

sharebot.coffee

# Description:
#   Forwards messages to ShareBears

request = require('request')

module.exports = (robot) ->
  robot.respond /.*/i, (msg) ->
    sender = msg.envelope.user.mention_name
    body = msg.match[0].substring(10)
    formData = { user_id: sender, text: body }

    handler = (response) ->
      if response.statusCode == 201
        sharedUrl = response.headers['location']
        msg.send('This is now shared at ' + sharedUrl)
      else
        msg.send('Sorry, there was an error sharing this :(')

    request.post('http://localhost:9000/posts', {form: formData})
      .on('response', handler)