HOWLO Bingo

A Slack app for networking bingo challenges, deployed on Heroku.

Development

1. Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies: npm install
3. Create a .env file based on .env.example
4. Run locally: npm run dev

Deployment on Heroku

To deploy this application on Heroku:

1. Create a Heroku account if you don't have one
2. Install the Heroku CLI and login: heroku login
3. Create a new Heroku app: heroku create your-app-name
4. Set up environment variables:

   heroku config:set MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_uri
   heroku config:set SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=your_slack_token
   heroku config:set APP_BASE_URL=https://your-app-name.herokuapp.com
   heroku config:set SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key
   heroku config:set ANNOUNCEMENTS_CHANNEL_ID=your_channel_id
   

5. Push your code to Heroku: git push heroku main
6. Ensure at least one dyno is running: heroku ps:scale web=1
7. Open the app: heroku open

Keeping Dynos Active

Heroku free tier dynos sleep after 30 minutes of inactivity. To keep your app responsive:

1. Enable Heroku's Eco Dyno to have much better uptime than free tier
2. Or use a service like UptimeRobot to ping your app every 20 minutes

Structure

• api/ - Serverless API endpoints
• lib/ - Application logic
• public/ - Static assets