salt.modules.slack_notify

Module for sending messages to Slack

New in version 2015.5.0.

configuration:

This module can be used by either passing an api key and version directly or by specifying both in a configuration profile in the salt master/minion config.

For example:

slack:
  api_key: peWcBiMOS9HrZG15peWcBiMOS9HrZG15
salt.modules.slack_notify.find_room(name, api_key=None)

Find a room by name and return it.

Parameters:
  • name -- The room name.
  • api_key -- The Slack admin api key.
Returns:

The room object.

CLI Example:

salt '*' slack.find_room name="random"

salt '*' slack.find_room name="random" api_key=peWcBiMOS9HrZG15peWcBiMOS9HrZG15
salt.modules.slack_notify.find_user(name, api_key=None)

Find a user by name and return it.

Parameters:
  • name -- The user name.
  • api_key -- The Slack admin api key.
Returns:

The user object.

CLI Example:

salt '*' slack.find_user name="ThomasHatch"

salt '*' slack.find_user name="ThomasHatch" api_key=peWcBiMOS9HrZG15peWcBiMOS9HrZG15
salt.modules.slack_notify.list_rooms(api_key=None)

List all Slack rooms.

Parameters:api_key -- The Slack admin api key.
Returns:The room list.

CLI Example:

salt '*' slack.list_rooms

salt '*' slack.list_rooms api_key=peWcBiMOS9HrZG15peWcBiMOS9HrZG15
salt.modules.slack_notify.list_users(api_key=None)

List all Slack users.

Parameters:api_key -- The Slack admin api key.
Returns:The user list.

CLI Example:

salt '*' slack.list_users

salt '*' slack.list_users api_key=peWcBiMOS9HrZG15peWcBiMOS9HrZG15
salt.modules.slack_notify.post_message(channel, message, from_name, api_key=None)

Send a message to a Slack channel.

Parameters:
  • channel -- The channel name, either will work.
  • message -- The message to send to the Slack channel.
  • from_name -- Specify who the message is from.
  • api_key -- The Slack api key, if not specified in the configuration.
Returns:

Boolean if message was sent successfully.

CLI Example:

salt '*' slack.post_message channel="Development Room" message="Build is done" from_name="Build Server"