slurper

Slurper allows you to quickly compose your stories in a text file and import them into Pivotal Tracker.

Works great with slurper.vim!

$ gem install slurper

Slurper requires a slurper_config.yml file in your working directory. This file contains your Tracker API and story requestor information.

# slurper_config.yml

project_id: 1234
token: 123abc123abc123abc
requested_by: Jane Stakeholder

The project_id tells tracker which project to add your stories to. It can be found on the project settings or the URL for the project.

The token can be found on your personal profile page in Pivotal Tracker.

The requested_by field should be the name of your project stakeholder exactly as it appears in tracker.

Create a stories.slurper file and compose your stories in the Slurper story format. In your working directory use the slurp command to import your stories from the stories.slurper file into Pivotal Tracker. Slurper looks for a stories.slurper file in your current directory by default; however, you can provide an alternate story source file if necessary.

Default

$ slurp ~/stories.slurper

Also valid

$ slurp ~/special_stories.slurper

Or even

$ slurp ~/mystories.txt

/* stories.slurper */

==
story_type:
  chore
name:
  Set Up Staging Environment
description:
  Set up and configure staging environment for approval of stories

labels:
  staging
==
story_type:
  feature
name:
  Campaign Manager Does Something
description:
  In order to get some value
  As a campaign manager
  I want to do something

  - can do something

labels:
  campaign managers
==
story_type:
  release
name:
  Big Release
description:
  This release marks a lot of awesome functionality

labels:
  campaign managers
==
story_type:
  bug
name:
  I did something and nothing happened
description:
  When I do something, another thing is supposed to happen but I see an error screen instead.

labels:
  campaign managers

Note: the story source file is whitespace-sensitive. Be sure the value for each key phrase is indented with two spaces beneath each key phrase. Also, start each story with a double-equals on its own line.

Your best bet is to leverage slurper.vim and benefit from its auto-indenting goodness.

There are some advanced techniques for formatting your stories beyond the simple type, name, description and label fields. See below for some examples.

/* advanced.slurper */

==
story_type:
  feature
name:
  Make the cart accept coupons on checkout
description:
  When I get to the checkout phase, I want the ability to add an optional coupon code. Use TESTCOUPON to test with.
labels:
  cart,coupon system,checkout
estimate:
  3
requested_by:
  Joe Developer

Note: Any field that is supported by the Pivotal Tracker API should work within reason (i.e. file uploads won't work). To get an idea of the fields available see Pivotal Tracker's Example CSV data documentation.

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

Please add tests at the same time as new features, and verify they all pass with:

$ rake

Credit - Wes Gibbs (https://github.com/wesgibbs) thought of and wrote Slurper as a Ruby script. It was later packaged and released as a gem by his fellow Rocketeers after using it and finding it extremely handy.

Slurper is supported by the team at Hashrocket, a multidisciplinary design and development consultancy. If you'd like to work with us or join our team, don't hesitate to get in touch.