systemic-slack

systemic-slack

Simple systemic component to send messages or files in Slack to any room.

Environment variables

• SLACK_TOKEN - Slack API token Slack Token Page

Usage

const System = require('systemic')
const slack = require('systemic-slack')

new System()
    .configure({
        slack: {
          token: process.env.SLACK_TOKEN
        }
    })
    .add('logger', console)
    .add('slack', slack()).dependsOn('config')
    .start((err, components) => {
        /// do anything with components.slack
    })

How to send a message

Use the client method chat.postMessage, documentation is available here

await components.slack.chat.postMessage({
  channel: 'CXXXXXX', // channel ID
  text, // Text to send
});

How to send a file

Use the client method files.upload, documentation is available here

const {createReadStream} = require('fs');
slackClient.files.upload({
  filepath,
  title,
  channels: [ 'CXXXXXXX' ],
  file: createReadStream(filepath),
});

Message format

Message content can be formated using MarkDown syntax Markdown cheatseet