SlackMessageClientCli

Slack Message Client CLI

This example target provides a command-line interface for sending a simple example Slack message to a configured channel.

This example should always be executed from inside this directory (since it searches for a configuration file here).

Quick start

At the end of this quick start, you should be able to post an example message like the following to your configured channel:

Setup

Derived from Slack's setup guide for the equivalent GitHub Actions workflow.

1. In this directory, copy config.example.yaml to config.yaml
2. Create a Slack App for your workspace (alternatively use an existing app you have already created and installed)
3. Add the chat.write bot scope under OAuth & Permissions
4. Install the app to your workspace
5. Copy the app's Bot Token from the OAuth & Permissions page and replace the example value for the key authToken in config.yaml
6. Invite the bot user into the channel you wish to post messages to (/invite @bot_user_name).
7. Click the channel name in the upper bar, then copy the channel ID from the resulting screen and replace the example value for the key channel in config.yaml:

Sending messages

Here are some example commands for sending messages or showing help information about the CLI:

• swift run: send the exact example message shown above
• swift run SlackMessageClientCli --help: print the CLI's help messages (which show what values can be configured)
• swift run SlackMessageClientCli --user Bunkyr: replace the profile picture and username in the example above