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slack-notifier

Command line utility to send messages with attachments to Slack channels via Incoming Webhooks.

Usage

NOTE: The module accepts parameters as command-line arguments or as ENV variables (or any combination of command-line arguments and ENV vars). Command-line arguments take precedence over ENV vars.

NOTE: The module supports up to 8 Fields in an attachment

build the Go program locally

go get

CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -v -o "./dist/bin/slack-notifier" *.go

run locally with ENV vars

export SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL="https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
export SLACK_USER_NAME="CodeFresh"
export SLACK_ICON_EMOJI=":white_check_mark:"
export SLACK_FALLBACK="Deployed to Staging environment"
export SLACK_COLOR="good"
export SLACK_PRETEXT="Added XYZ to feature-104"
export SLACK_AUTHOR_NAME="Auto Deploy Robot"
export SLACK_AUTHOR_LINK="https://cloudposse.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/02/small-cute-robot-square.png"
export SLACK_AUTHOR_ICON="https://cloudposse.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/02/small-cute-robot-square.png"
export SLACK_TITLE="Environment Updated"
export SLACK_TITLE_LINK="http://demo1.cloudposse.com"
export SLACK_TEXT="The latest changes have been deployed"
export SLACK_THUMB_URL="https://cloudposse.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/02/SquareLogo2.png"
export SLACK_FOOTER="Helm Deployment"
export SLACK_FOOTER_ICON="https://cloudposse.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/02/kubernetes.png"
export SLACK_FIELD1_TITLE="Environment"
export SLACK_FIELD1_VALUE="Staging"
export SLACK_FIELD1_SHORT="true"
export SLACK_FIELD2_TITLE="Namespace"
export SLACK_FIELD2_VALUE="feature-104"
export SLACK_FIELD2_SHORT="true"

./dist/bin/slack-notifier

run locally with command-line arguments

./dist/bin/slack-notifier \
    -webhook_url "https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" \
    -user_name "CodeFresh" \
    -icon_emoji ":white_check_mark:" \
    -fallback "Deployed to Staging environment" \
    -color "good" \
    -pretext "Added XYZ to feature-104" \
    -author_name "Auto Deploy Robot" \
    -author_link "https://cloudposse.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/02/small-cute-robot-square.png" \
    -author_icon "https://cloudposse.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/02/small-cute-robot-square.png" \
    -title "Environment Updated" \
    -title_link "http://demo1.cloudposse.com" \
    -text "The latest changes have been deployed" \
    -thumb_url "https://cloudposse.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/02/SquareLogo2.png" \
    -footer "Helm Deployment" \
    -footer_icon "https://cloudposse.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/02/kubernetes.png" \
    -field1_title "Environment" \
    -field1_value "Staging" \
    -field1_short true \
    -field2_title "Namespace" \
    -field2_value "feature-104" \
    -field2_short true

build the Docker image

NOTE: it will download all Go dependencies and then build the program inside the container (see Dockerfile)

docker build --tag slack-notifier  --no-cache=true .

run in a Docker container with ENV vars

docker run -i --rm \
    -e SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL="https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" \
    -e SLACK_USER_NAME="CodeFresh" \
    -e SLACK_ICON_EMOJI=":white_check_mark:" \
    -e SLACK_FALLBACK="Deployed to Staging environment" \
    -e SLACK_COLOR="good" \
    -e SLACK_PRETEXT="Added XYZ to feature-104" \
    -e SLACK_AUTHOR_NAME="Auto Deploy Robot" \
    -e SLACK_AUTHOR_LINK="https://cloudposse.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/02/small-cute-robot-square.png" \
    -e SLACK_AUTHOR_ICON="https://cloudposse.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/02/small-cute-robot-square.png" \
    -e SLACK_TITLE="Environment Updated" \
    -e SLACK_TITLE_LINK="http://demo1.cloudposse.com" \
    -e SLACK_TEXT="The latest changes have been deployed" \
    -e SLACK_THUMB_URL="https://cloudposse.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/02/SquareLogo2.png" \
    -e SLACK_FOOTER="Helm Deployment" \
    -e SLACK_FOOTER_ICON="https://cloudposse.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/02/kubernetes.png" \
    -e SLACK_FIELD1_TITLE="Environment" \
    -e SLACK_FIELD1_VALUE="Staging" \
    -e SLACK_FIELD1_SHORT="true" \
    -e SLACK_FIELD2_TITLE="Namespace" \
    -e SLACK_FIELD2_VALUE="feature-104" \
    -e SLACK_FIELD2_SHORT="true" \
    slack-notifier

References

• https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/115005265063-Incoming-WebHooks-for-Slack
• https://api.slack.com/incoming-webhooks
• https://api.slack.com/docs/message-attachments
• https://api.slack.com/docs/message-formatting
• https://www.webpagefx.com/tools/emoji-cheat-sheet

Help

Got a question?

File a GitHub issue, send us an email or reach out to us on Gitter.

Contributing

Bug Reports & Feature Requests

Please use the issue tracker to report any bugs or file feature requests.

Developing

If you are interested in being a contributor and want to get involved in developing slack-notifier, we would love to hear from you! Shoot us an email.

In general, PRs are welcome. We follow the typical "fork-and-pull" Git workflow.

1. Fork the repo on GitHub
2. Clone the project to your own machine
3. Commit changes to your own branch
4. Push your work back up to your fork
5. Submit a Pull request so that we can review your changes

NOTE: Be sure to merge the latest from "upstream" before making a pull request!

License

APACHE 2.0 © 2018 Cloud Posse, LLC

See LICENSE for full details.

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About

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Contributors

<br/>Erik Osterman	<br/>Andriy Knysh