A logger/notifier that writes, through a bot, into any Slack channel.
It contains a module importable on python to act as a remote logger(similar to logging lib) and, also, a stand-alone unix-style pipe-friendly application that sends text through a bot to any Slack channel configured.
Slack is a modern real-time messaging platform, similar to IRC, but focused on teamwork.
- python 2.7+
- pyOpenSSL
- websocket-client
But everything installed via setuptools
$ pip install slacklogger
First, register a bot on desired organization/channel here: https://my.slack.com/services/new/bot and get its APIKEY. Then grab channel id on slack interface and add the bot to the channel. From this point on, you can use it as a python import or a stand-alone message sender.
>>> from slacklogger import Notify
>>> info=Notify('xoxb-MYTOKEN','CHANNEL-ID')
>>> info.write("Any text written here will be sent to slack channel!")
>>> info.write("Thix text too!")
>>> # ...
>>> info.close()
$ export SLACKTOKEN=xoxb-MYTOKEN
$ export SLACKCHAN=A0B1C2D3E
then
$ slacklogger -t "text to send"
or
$ echo "text to send" | slacklogger -
for help:
$ slacklogger -h
Usage: slacklogger -t "text to send" or echo "text to send" | slacklogger -
SLACK notifier app. It uses the environment variables SLACKTOKEN and SLACKCHAN
to work.
Options:
--version show program's version number and exit
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-t TEXT, --text=TEXT Text to send to slack channel. Use - to redirect pipe
or use stdin.
- Use channel name instead of channel ID, consulting API https://slack.com/api/users.list and extracting all channels for organization;
- create a logging.log()-like interface to write warnings, errors with colors and attachments, to debug applications from a slack channel.
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