I just built my first Slack bot using Botkit, URX and Heroku. Just give the bot a place, such as "London", and get back popular Airbnbs in that location. Tapping on a result links you directly into that listing in the Airbnb app (if you have it installed) so you don't have to log in to Airbnb to book the place.
Check Airbnb Bot in action:
The real gotcha in building this bot was getting it to persist on Heroku which I did using the Heroku Scheduler.
Follow these steps to ensure your bot stays awake at all times:
1) Go to your Herkou Scheduler Dashboard at https://scheduler.heroku.com/dashboard
2) Add a new job to run a script in your project that wakes up your dyno every 10 minutes
3) The ping.js file in your project can be as simple as:
That should keep your bot awake!
Click the button below to add Airbnb_Bot to your Slack team. I'll be submitting it to the Slack App Directory soon!