Update to use mongodb if MONGODB_URI available in env. Move file based store to .data/db to hide during glitch remixes.

Author: Dakota Smith

bot.js

@@ -64,16 +64,24 @@ if (!process.env.clientId || !process.env.clientSecret || !process.env.PORT) {
 var Botkit = require('botkit');
 var debug = require('debug')('botkit:main');
 
-// Create the Botkit controller, which controls all instances of the bot.
-var controller = Botkit.slackbot({
+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,
-    json_file_store: __dirname + '/.db/' // store user data in a simple JSON format
-});
+    studio_command_uri: process.env.studio_command_uri
+};
+
+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();
 

package.json

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "body-parser": "^1.15.2",
     "botkit": "^0.5",
+    "botkit-storage-mongo": "^1.0.6",
     "dashbot": "0.7.4",
     "debug": "^2.3.3",
     "express": "^4.14.0",