salt.modules.slack_notify¶

Module for sending messages to Slack

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.call_hook(message, attachment=None, color='good', short=False, identifier=None, channel=None, username=None, icon_emoji=None)¶

Send message to Slack incoming webhook.

Parameters

• message -- The topic of message.

• attachment -- The message to send to the Slacke WebHook.

• color -- The color of border of left side

• short -- An optional flag indicating whether the value is short enough to be displayed side-by-side with other values.

• identifier -- The identifier of WebHook.

• channel -- The channel to use instead of the WebHook default.

• username -- Username to use instead of WebHook default.

• icon_emoji -- Icon to use instead of WebHook default.

Returns

Boolean if message was sent successfully.

CLI Example:

salt '*' slack.call_hook message='Hello, from SaltStack'

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, icon=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.

• icon -- URL to an image to use as the icon for this message

Returns

Boolean if message was sent successfully.

CLI Example:

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