Post to Slack using javascript

gistfile1.js

var url = // Webhook URL
var text = // Text to post
$.ajax({
    data: 'payload=' + JSON.stringify({
        "text": text
    }),
    dataType: 'json',
    processData: false,
    type: 'POST',
    url: url
});

Thanks for this, really helped me out today!

Simple. Elegant. Does what it's supposed to do. Thanks!

Thanks for sharing this.

Thank you very useful!

Thank you Andrew

thanks for this!!

Thanks so much! Really helped :)

Did you have a solution to create a script without showing the webhook link? your script halped me but i can't share it with the whole world
Thank you for your share.

Hi @achavez can this be optimized to post to specific Slack channels?

Your incoming webhook must be setted to do this task...

Hi @achavez can this be optimized to post to specific Slack channels?

Your incoming webhook must be setted to do this task...

Hi @achavez can this be optimized to post to specific Slack channels?

This is not true, at least not anymore. You can override the webhook default by setting the channel property.

https://api.slack.com/docs/messages/builder?msg=%7B%22text%22%3A%22%3C%40W1A2BC3DD%3E%20approved%20your%20travel%20request.%20Book%20any%20airline%20you%20like%20by%20continuing%20below.%22%2C%22channel%22%3A%22C061EG9SL%22%2C%22attachments%22%3A%5B%7B%22fallback%22%3A%22Book%20your%20flights%20at%20https%3A%2F%2Fflights.example.com%2Fbook%2Fr123456%22%2C%22actions%22%3A%5B%7B%22type%22%3A%22button%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Book%20flights%20%F0%9F%9B%AB%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fflights.example.com%2Fbook%2Fr123456%22%7D%5D%7D%5D%7D

Hi guys, built something that might be useful to you
https://github.com/xerosanyam/amazing-toolkit
for future readers, you can use SlackService to post to a webhook.

Thanks so much!

Thanks a lot <3

Thx !