What’s The Project About?

Automation of Bulk PCs in University Laboratories using NLP and Slack API

GitHub Link: github.com/vedangwartikar/smart-lab-assistant

Automation of Bulk PCs using NLP and Slack API

Features

Python automation scripts that can be initiated by providing natural language commands in a Slack channel which will execute on remote PCs:

Shutdown/Restart
Generate a Process Log file
Send files to/from smartphone and PCs
Install python packages
Send routine alerts

Usage

Installation

You will need to:

Install latest version of Slack on a smartphone
Install Python 3
Genereate a Slack Legacy token for your Slack channel and username.

$ git clone https://github.com/vedangwartikar/slack-automation.git
$ cd slack-automation

OR (incase of any dependency issues) you can just pull the docker image without explicitly doing all of the above installation steps

$ docker pull rutuja912/modified_server

Once the installation is complete

Enter the Slack Legacy token in main.py

The code is multi-platform and is tested on both Windows and Unix/Linux machines.

How to Run

#install python dependencies from requirement.txt
$ python main.py

Once the code gets running on the PC, commands can be issued on the Slack channel in natural language. These commands will be interpreted on the server PC which will initiate the respective automation scripts.

Functionalities

Slack channel commands	Description
Help	To display commands and their usage
Shutdown	To shutdown a PC
Restart	To Restart a PC
Install python library XYZ	Installs any python library using pip command
Generate Process log	Sends a process log file of the PC onto the Slack channel
Send file XYZ	Send any specific file
Send alert	To provide routine alerts to PC

Feel free to contribute through a PR or report any issues here.

Smart Lab Assistant