Node.js wrapper for Slack bot

Using this package we can post messages to slack channel and other features like scheduling messages, upload files etc.,

Installation

npm install wl-slack-chatbot

Initialize

import WLSlackChatbot from 'wl-slack-chatbot';

let wlobj = new WLSlackChatbot('SLACKBOT_API_KEY');

Process steps for getting slack bot key

Usage

Send message to channel

let target = 'any_channel_name'
let message = 'Hello world!'

wlobj.postMessage(target, message)
  .then((res) => {
    console.log(res); 
  })
  .catch((err) => {
    console.log(err);
  });

Send message to channel at scheduled time

let target = 'any_channel_name'
let message = 'Hello world!'
let timestamp = '1671513293';

wlobj.postScheduleMessage(target, message, timestamp)
  .then((res) => {
    console.log(res); 
  })
  .catch((err) => {
    console.log(err);
  });

Get list of scheduled messages

let options = {limit:100,cursor:''};

cursor is used for pagination to get next set of results.

wlobj.getScheduledMessages(options)
  .then((res) => {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(res)); 
  })
  .catch((err) => {
    console.log(err); 
  });

Delete scheduled message

let target = 'any_channel_name'
let messageId = 'message_id'

wlobj.deleteScheduledMessage(target, messageId)
  .then((res) => {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(res)); 
  })
  .catch((err) => {
    console.log(err); 
  });

Get list of all channel in workspace

let options = {limit:100,cursor:''};

cursor is used for pagination to get next set of results.

wlobj.getChannels(options)
  .then((res) => {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(res)); 
  })
  .catch((err) => {
    console.log(err); 
  });

Get list of users in workspace

let options = {limit:100,cursor:''};

cursor is used for pagination to get next set of results.

wlobj.getUsers(options)
  .then((res) => {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(res)); 
  })
  .catch((err) => {
    console.log(err); 
  });

Upload file

let options = {
    channels: 'any-channel_name',
    file: fs.createReadStream('/path/dir/test.jpeg'),
  }

wlobj.uploadFile(options)
  .then((res) => {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(res)); 
  })
  .catch((err) => {
    console.log(err); 
  });