Send a Slack block message formatted in previous step
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steps.
trigger
HTTP API
Deploy to generate unique URL
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steps.
format_block_message
auth
to use OAuth tokens and API keys in code via the
auths object(auths.slack)
code
Write any Node.jscodeand use anynpm package. You can alsoexport datafor use in later steps via
return or this.key = 'value', pass input data to your code viaparams, and maintain state across executions with$checkpoint.async (event, steps, auths) => {1
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// Slack expects a URL-encoded string representing the block message
// you'd like to send. See the docs for more formatting options:
// https://api.slack.com/reference/block-kit/block-elements#button
// Slack also has a playground for formatting new block messages:
// https://app.slack.com/block-kit-builder
this.blockMessage = [
{
"type": "section",
"text": {
"type": "plain_text",
"text": `Hello, world`
}
}
]steps.
send_a_message
auth
to use OAuth tokens and API keys in code via the
auths object(auths.slack)
params
Channel
Channel, private group, or IM channel to send message to. Can be an encoded ID, or a name. See below for more details.
string ·params.channel
Blocks
A JSON-based array of structured blocks, presented as a URL-encoded string.
string ·params.blocks
Optional
code
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const { WebClient } = require('@slack/web-api')
try {
const web = new WebClient(auths.slack.oauth_access_token)
this.response = await web.chat.postMessage({
attachments: params.attachments,
unfurl_links: params.unfurl_links,
unfurl_media: params.unfurl_media,
parse: params.parse || 'full',
as_user: params.as_user || false,
mrkdwn: params.mrkdwn || true,
channel: params.channel,
username: params.username,
blocks: params.blocks,
icon_emoji: params.icon_emoji,
link_names: params.link_names,
reply_broadcast: params.reply_broadcast || false,
thread_ts: params.thread_ts,
icon_url: params.icon_url,
})
} catch (err) {
this.error = err
throw err
}