A tiny JavaScript app that sends a message to your default Slack channel. Can be customized with a name, icon, emoji or sent to a different channel. Runs in Node.js.
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| var request = require ("request"); | |
| var urlWebHook = "https://hooks.slack.com/services/abcdef"; //the URL you get on your "incoming web hooks" page. | |
| function sendToSlack (s, theUsername, theIconUrl, theIconEmoji, theChannel) { | |
| var payload = { | |
| text: s | |
| }; | |
| if (theUsername !== undefined) { | |
| payload.username = theUsername; | |
| } | |
| if (theIconUrl !== undefined) { | |
| payload.icon_url = theIconUrl; | |
| } | |
| if (theIconEmoji !== undefined) { | |
| payload.icon_emoji = theIconEmoji; | |
| } | |
| if (theChannel !== undefined) { | |
| payload.channel = theChannel; | |
| } | |
| var theRequest = { | |
| url: urlWebHook, | |
| method: "POST", | |
| json: payload | |
| }; | |
| request (theRequest, function (error, response, body) { | |
| if (!error && (response.statusCode == 200)) { | |
| console.log ("sendToSlack: " + s); | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| console.log ("sendToSlack: error, code == " + response.statusCode + ", " + response.body + ".\n"); | |
| } | |
| }); | |
| } | |
| sendToSlack ("Hello World"); |