making a slack bot, everything going great, now its erroring out, saying require is not a function and won’t work. what did i do? made no changes in the package.json or bot.json at all. My main file where im doing my coding isn’t any different than before.
The errors:
/app/bot.js:134
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require("./skills/" + file)(controller);
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^
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TypeError: require(...) is not a function
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at /app/bot.js:134:32
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at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
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at Object.<anonymous> (/app/bot.js:133:45)
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at Module._compile (module.js:653:30)
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at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:664:10)
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at Module.load (module.js:566:32)
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at tryModuleLoad (module.js:506:12)
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at Function.Module._load (module.js:498:3)
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at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:694:10)
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at startup (bootstrap_node.js:204:16)
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var env = require('node-env-file');
env(__dirname + '/.env');
if (!process.env.clientId || !process.env.clientSecret || !process.env.PORT) {
usage_tip();
// process.exit(1);
}
var Botkit = require('botkit');
var debug = require('debug')('botkit:main');
var bot_options = {
clientId: process.env.clientId,
clientSecret: process.env.clientSecret,
// debug: true,
scopes: ['bot'],
studio_token: process.env.studio_token,
studio_command_uri: process.env.studio_command_uri
};
// Use a mongo database if specified, otherwise store in a JSON file local to the app.
// Mongo is automatically configured when deploying to Heroku
if (process.env.MONGO_URI) {
var mongoStorage = require('botkit-storage-mongo')({mongoUri: process.env.MONGO_URI});
bot_options.storage = mongoStorage;
} else {
bot_options.json_file_store = __dirname + '/.data/db/'; // store user data in a simple JSON format
}
// Create the Botkit controller, which controls all instances of the bot.
var controller = Botkit.slackbot(bot_options);
controller.startTicking();
// Set up an Express-powered webserver to expose oauth and webhook endpoints
var webserver = require(__dirname + '/components/express_webserver.js')(controller);
if (!process.env.clientId || !process.env.clientSecret) {
// Load in some helpers that make running Botkit on Glitch.com better
require(__dirname + '/components/plugin_glitch.js')(controller);
webserver.get('/', function(req, res){
res.render('installation', {
studio_enabled: controller.config.studio_token ? true : false,
domain: req.get('host'),
protocol: req.protocol,
glitch_domain: process.env.PROJECT_DOMAIN,
layout: 'layouts/default'
});
})
var where_its_at = 'https://' + process.env.PROJECT_DOMAIN + '.glitch.me/';
console.log('WARNING: This application is not fully configured to work with Slack. Please see instructions at ' + where_its_at);
}else {
webserver.get('/', function(req, res){
res.render('index', {
domain: req.get('host'),
protocol: req.protocol,
glitch_domain: process.env.PROJECT_DOMAIN,
layout: 'layouts/default'
});
})
// Set up a simple storage backend for keeping a record of customers
// who sign up for the app via the oauth
require(__dirname + '/components/user_registration.js')(controller);
// Send an onboarding message when a new team joins
require(__dirname + '/components/onboarding.js')(controller);
// Load in some helpers that make running Botkit on Glitch.com better
require(__dirname + '/components/plugin_glitch.js')(controller);
// enable advanced botkit studio metrics
require('botkit-studio-metrics')(controller);
var normalizedPath = require("path").join(__dirname, "skills");
require("fs").readdirSync(normalizedPath).forEach(function(file) {
require("./skills/" + file)(controller);
});
// This captures and evaluates any message sent to the bot as a DM
// or sent to the bot in the form "@bot message" and passes it to
// Botkit Studio to evaluate for trigger words and patterns.
// If a trigger is matched, the conversation will automatically fire!
// You can tie into the execution of the script using the functions
// controller.studio.before, controller.studio.after and controller.studio.validate
if (process.env.studio_token) {
controller.on('direct_message,direct_mention,mention', function(bot, message) {
controller.studio.runTrigger(bot, message.text, message.user, message.channel, message).then(function(convo) {
if (!convo) {
// no trigger was matched
// If you want your bot to respond to every message,
// define a 'fallback' script in Botkit Studio
// and uncomment the line below.
// controller.studio.run(bot, 'fallback', message.user, message.channel);
} else {
// set variables here that are needed for EVERY script
// use controller.studio.before('script') to set variables specific to a script
convo.setVar('current_time', new Date());
}
}).catch(function(err) {
bot.reply(message, 'I experienced an error with a request to Botkit Studio: ' + err);
debug('Botkit Studio: ', err);
});
});
} else {
console.log('~~~~~~~~~~');
console.log('NOTE: Botkit Studio functionality has not been enabled');
console.log('To enable, pass in a studio_token parameter with a token from https://studio.botkit.ai/');
}
}
function usage_tip() {
console.log('~~~~~~~~~~');
console.log('Botkit Starter Kit');
console.log('Execute your bot application like this:');
console.log('clientId=<MY SLACK CLIENT ID> clientSecret=<MY CLIENT SECRET> PORT=3000 studio_token=<MY BOTKIT STUDIO TOKEN> node bot.js');
console.log('Get Slack app credentials here: https://api.slack.com/apps')
console.log('Get a Botkit Studio token here: https://studio.botkit.ai/')
console.log('~~~~~~~~~~');
}
I drop a quick comment in the project in chat.json but just to follow up here - might the issue be that you’re trying to load functions in files that aren’t exporting a function? Perhaps either move the commented-out files out of the skills directory or export an empty function is each of those.