Run a program and report back to Slack

The run-and-slack program runs a program and reports to Slack when it is finished. Optionally, it can upload a log file to Gist and include a link in the Slack message.

Installation

npm install -g run-and-slack

Use

First, set a few environment variables:

• SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL - the incoming webhook URL for Slack (required)
• GITHUB_TOKEN - a Github user token with 'gist' scope (required for uploading log files)
• SLACK_USERNAME - the user name to post as (defaults to 'HAL9000')
• SLACK_EMOJI - an emoji shortcode for the bot's icon (defaults to ':see_no_evil:')
• SLACK_CHANNEL - the Slack channel to notify, including the '#'
• SLACK_ALERT_USER - a username to mention in the Slack message
• SLACK_LOG_FILE - the path to a log file to upload

direnv is super helpful for managing these.

Then run:

run-and-slack some-command arg1 arg2

It will run the program and report back to Slack when it has finished.

In addition, it takes a few command line options (before the command):

• -u user - a user to alert (overrides SLACK_ALERT_USER)
• -f file - a log file to upload (overrides SLACK_LOG_FILE)
• -c channel - the channel to notify (overrides SLACK_CHANNEL)