Slack client CLI

Description

Image provides a portable version of Slack CLI which allows to send messages to Slack by choosing custom channel, app token, message type, etc.

Circle CI config is used for automatic build & pushing Docker image to repository.

Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
channel	Slack channel name	string	-	yes
message_type	Slack message type	string	-	yes
token	Slack app token (xoxb-your-token)	string	-	no
message	Slack message. Required if json_payload argument was not specified	string	-	no
json_payload	Slack message in json payload. Required if message argument was not specified	string	-	no
color	Slack attachments message color	string	36A64F	no
header	Slack attachments message header	string	-	no
footer	Slack attachments message footer	string	-	no
debug	Log level	bool	false	no

Examples of usage

Sending blocks type messages

slack-cli -c channel --message_type blocks --message "Some message"

Sending attachments type messages

slack-cli -c channel --message_type attachments --message "Some message" --color 36A64F --header "Some header" --footer "My footer"

Sending messages using json payload

slack-cli -c channel -s blocks -p '[{"type": "section", "text": {"type": "mrkdwn", "text": "Some text 1"}}]'

Build and deploy

Develop and test locally:

docker build -t infra-slackclient:tag .
docker run --rm infra-slackclient:tag <script-args>

Build and push to docker registry

JFrog:

docker build -t tictrac.jfrog.io/tictrac/infra-slackclient:latest
docker push tictrac.jfrog.io/tictrac/infra-slackclient:latest