botkit-intro.js

const Botkit = require('botkit');

//Botkit supports both Slack and Facebook Messenger Bots, 
//so you need to initalize for a slackbot controller with Botkit.slackbot();
const controller = Botkit.slackbot();

//Start a new process with the Bot Token gotten from Slack
const process = controller.spawn({
	  token: process.env.SLACK_TOKEN //change this based on the token you get
});

//Start the real-time API connections
//I need this so that the bot can respond in realtime to requests
process.startRTM((err, bot, payload) => {
	if (err) {
	    throw new Error('Could not connect to Slack');
	}
});