problem with external api integration

[changux]

Hi all,

I am trying to reproduce the code example from this repo:

After:

$ SLACK_TOKEN="xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" nodemon index.js

and send a private message to bot in slack, the console message is:

Connected to FOO as mcbot
/Users/user/src/simple/index.js:16
  channel.send(`Hello to you too, ${user.name}!`)
          ^

TypeError: channel.send is not a function
    at bot.respondTo (/Users/user/src/simple/index.js:16:11)
    at RTMClient.Bot.slack.on (/Users/user/src/simple/Bot.js:47:11)
    at RTMClient.emit (/Users/user/src/simple/node_modules/eventemitter3/index.js:116:35)
    at RTMClient.emit (/Users/user/src/simple/node_modules/@slack/client/lib/clients/client.js:86:39)
    at RTMClient._handleWsMessageViaEventHandler (/Users/user/src/simple/node_modules/@slack/client/lib/clients/rtm/client.js:447:10)
    at RTMClient.handleWsMessage (/Users/user/src/simple/node_modules/@slack/client/lib/clients/rtm/client.js:401:10)
    at WebSocket.wrapper (/Users/user/src/simple/node_modules/lodash/index.js:3095:19)
    at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
    at WebSocket.emit (events.js:194:7)
    at Receiver.ontext (/Users/user/src/simple/node_modules/ws/lib/WebSocket.js:841:10)
    at /Users/user/src/simple/node_modules/ws/lib/Receiver.js:536:18
    at Receiver.applyExtensions (/Users/user/src/simple/node_modules/ws/lib/Receiver.js:371:5)
    at /Users/user/src/simple/node_modules/ws/lib/Receiver.js:508:14
    at Receiver.flush (/Users/user/src/simple/node_modules/ws/lib/Receiver.js:347:3)
    at Receiver.finish (/Users/user/src/simple/node_modules/ws/lib/Receiver.js:541:12)
    at Receiver.expectHandler (/Users/user/src/simple/node_modules/ws/lib/Receiver.js:499:31)

Product's versions...

node --version
v7.10.0

Any idea?

Thanks!

[Naktibalda]

@changux it looks like a simple programming mistake to me.
Please provide more code (the first 20 lines of index.js should be enough).

[changux]

Thanks! I'm using this app:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PacktPublishing/Building-Slack-Bots/master/Chapter%203/index.js

Regards.

[Naktibalda]

Your bot is not using botkit.
https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Building-Slack-Bots/blob/master/Chapter%203/package.json

[changux]

Sorry, thanks!