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Created February 7, 2017 14:04
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Post a message to a Slack channel
#!/bin/bash
# Usage: slackpost <token> <channel> <message>
# Enter the name of your slack host here - the thing that appears in your URL:
# https://slackhost.slack.com/
slackhost=PUT_YOUR_HOST_HERE
token=$1
if [[ $token == "" ]]
then
echo "No token specified"
exit 1
fi
shift
channel=$1
if [[ $channel == "" ]]
then
echo "No channel specified"
exit 1
fi
shift
text=$*
if [[ $text == "" ]]
then
echo "No text specified"
exit 1
fi
escapedText=$(echo $text | sed 's/"/\"/g' | sed "s/'/\'/g" )
json="{\"channel\": \"#$channel\", \"text\": \"$escapedText\"}"
curl -s -d "payload=$json" "https://$slackhost.slack.com/services/hooks/incoming-webhook?token=$token"
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