How to Create a Multilingual Translation Bot with ChatGPT and Python and deploy it to Vercel
Published on July 2, 2024
Enhance your team’s productivity by creating a custom Slack bot capable of translating image content. This step-by-step guide will show you how to leverage ChatGPT and Node.js to add this innovative feature to your Slack workspace.
Step 1: Initiate Your Slack Application
1. Begin by visiting the Slack API page and select “Create New App.”
2. Once your app is created, access Settings > Basic Information
to retrieve your Signing Secret
and add it to your .env
file as SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET
.
3. Generate an App-Level Token
with Generate Token and Scopes
and record it in your .env
file as SLACK_APP_TOKEN
.
4. Install your app to your workspace from Features > OAuth & Permissions
to obtain the Bot User OAuth Token, noted as SLACK_BOT_TOKEN
in your .env
.
5. Assign necessary bot scopes under Features > OAuth & Permissions > Scopes
, including:
app_mentions:read
chat:write
chat:write.public
im:history
im:read
im:write
incoming-webhook
6. Add the user token scope channels:read
under Features > OAuth & Permissions > User Token Scopes
.
7. Activate event handling in Features > Event Subscriptions
.
8. Turn on Socket Mode within Settings > Socket Mode
.