Combining OpenWhisk (serverless), Open API (swagger) and

IBM API Connect to build powerful APIs

Joe Sepi Lead Developer Evangelist ⚡ StrongLoop/IBM

@joe_sepi

Combining OpenWhisk (serverless), Open API (swagger),

IBM API Connect, Watson cognitive services and Slack integrations to

build powerful APIs

Joe Sepi Lead Developer Evangelist ⚡ StrongLoop/IBM

@joe_sepi

Combining OpenWhisk (serverless), Open API (swagger),

IBM API Connect, Watson cognitive services, Slack integrations, Cloudant NoSQL database and Bluemix to build

powerful APIs

Joe Sepi Lead Developer Evangelist ⚡ StrongLoop/IBM

@joe_sepi

Combining OpenWhisk (serverless), Open API (swagger),

IBM API Connect, Watson cognitive services, Slack integrations, Cloudant NoSQL database and Bluemix to easily

assemble useful and convenient integrations backed by powerful APIs

Joe Sepi Lead Developer Evangelist ⚡ StrongLoop/IBM

@joe_sepi

Agenda• What are these technologies?

• What was my inspiration?

• How easy is this stuff?

• What’s behind the scenes?

• What am I working on?

• What are you working on?

That’s me.playing guitar

@joe_sepi

My Inspiration

Steps1.Setup Cloudant for keeping track of Slack app installations

2.Deploy through the command line OpenWhisk actions that drive the Slack integrations

3.Create Slack App and configure interactions

4.Create an API Connect instance to import Open API file which exposes the OpenWhisk actions to Slack

5.Finalize Slack configuration and add to Slack org

Create a Cloudant Instance

Create DB and Design Document

Service CredentialsYou’ll need these in next step…

The results from deploying our OpenWhisk Actions

Things look ok

Slack App CredentialsWe’ll need these later…

Create an API Connect Instance

Import Open APIThere are our three endpoints for Slack

Open Whisk and Slack Credentials

Note the save icon and the three dots for menu

API Connect Base URLSave me for the next step

https://api.us.apiconnect.ibmcloud.com/yourorg-yourspace/sb /api/slack/oauth

Verify that Request URL ✅Same Base URL but with /api/slack/event

Slack Slash Commands

Adding to SlackThis is where we are actually adding our

bot to a Team

Hey Fred, you said…It works!

Open API

Deploy Script

OpenWhiskJS FTW!

Combining Open Whisk (serverless), OpenAPI (swagger) and

API Connect to build powerful APIs

Joe Sepi Lead Developer Evangelist ⚡ StrongLoop/IBM

@joe_sepi