@-mentions

Is there an easy way to detect @-mentions without using a higher level kit like howdy? I hacked something together by capturing the bot’s ID on the rtm.start event (as in the Readme) and shoving it into a regex… but that feels really brittle. I don’t see “mention” anywhere in any of the event enumerations.

[ekmartin]

rtm.activeUserId should contain the ID you’re looking for: https://github.com/slackhq/node-slack-client/blob/b4f18a482e7a34d3d03c89f221e61a669c94b643/lib/clients/rtm/client.js#L267

rtm.on(RTM_EVENTS.MESSAGE, message => {
  if (message.text.includes(`<@${rtm.activeUserId}>`)) {
    // handle message
  }
});

Use text.indexOf/text.match if you’re in an environment without .includes.

[andrewpbrett]

👍 thanks @ekmartin, that works great!