SlackMessenger

A simple program that sends/edits messages saved in the config file

This program was created to help with sending messages to a slack channel within Task Scheduler or other automation tools that can run executables.

Installation

1. Download the latest release from the releases page
2. Clone config.example.yaml and rename it to config.yaml and fill in the necessary information
3. Run the program

Usage

Provides a list of commands that can be used including the ones created in the config:

./SlackMessenger.exe -help

Run the program with the command you want to use:

./SlackMessenger.exe -<ActionName>

Commands

The only default command provided is -delete which deletes the message saved in the config file

Config Details

token: XXXX # Slack API bot token
channel_id: XXXX # Slack channel ID
last_message_timestamp: "" # Timestamp shown in console when print_timestamp_for_config: true is set in an action
global_placeholders:
  - key: "value" # Global placeholders that can be used in all actions use them with {gp.<key>}
actions:
  - name: action1 # the name of the action used when calling the program
    description: "Description of the action" # Description of the action shown in the help command
    markdown_text: "Text to send" # Text to send to the channel
    print_timestamp_for_config: true # Prints the timestamp of this message sent to the console
    is_edit_only: true # If true this action can only edit the last message saved in the config
    is_send_only: true # If true this action can only send a message and not edit
urls:
  - SEND_MESSAGE: "https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage" # Slack API URL to send a message
  - EDIT_MESSAGE: "https://slack.com/api/chat.update" # Slack API URL to edit a message
  - DELETE_MESSAGE: "https://slack.com/api/chat.delete" # Slack API URL to delete a message