slack.message() function
The slack.message() function sends a single message to a Slack channel.
The function works with either with the chat.postMessage API
or with a Slack webhook.
import "slack"
slack.message(
url: "https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage",
token: "mySuPerSecRetTokEn",
channel: "#flux",,
text: "This is a message from the Flux slack.message() function.",
color: "good"
)
Parameters
url
The Slack API URL.
Default is https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage.
If using a Slack webhook, you’ll receive a Slack webhook URL when you create an incoming webhook.
token
The Slack API token
used to interact with Slack.
Default is "".
A token is only required if using the Slack chat.postMessage API.
channel
(Required) The name of channel to post the message to.
text
(Required) The text to display in the Slack message.
color
(Required) The color to include with the message.
Valid values include:
goodwarningdanger- Any valid RGB hex color code. For example,
#439FE0.
Examples
Send the last reported status to Slack
import "slack"
lastReported =
from(bucket: "example-bucket")
|> range(start: -1m)
|> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == "statuses")
|> last()
|> tableFind(fn: (key) => true)
|> getRecord(idx: 0)
slack.message(
url: "https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage",
token: "mySuPerSecRetTokEn",
channel: "#system-status",
text: "The last reported status was \"${lastReported.status}\"."
color: "warning"
)
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