sm

A very simple, small command line utility to post a slack message to any slack channel or user.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'sm'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install sm

Usage

Set the following environment variables: SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL (required) - Get this by creating an incoming webhook integration in your slack account SLACKBOT_USERNAME (optional) - The user name to send the message as. Defaults to 'slackbot' SLACK_MSG_ICON_EMOJI' (optional) - The avatar emoji to use for the message. Defaults to ':ghost:'

slack-msg 'CHANNEL' 'YOUR MESSAGE'

Example:

slack-msg '#doughnuts' "I've got a dozen!"


Piping output from other programs as the slack message text:

{ echo My current processes:; ps; } | slack-msg '#system-msgs'

Example usage:

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[sufyanadam]/sm. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the Sm project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.