ParseForGithubSlackIntegration.js

// I couldn't find a github integration for slack or IFTTT that supported
// GitHub releases. And I really didn't want to maintain a server or heroku.
// Enter Parse --- I can think of lots of other use cases for something like this.


Parse.Cloud.define("release_to_slack", function(request, response) {
  var release = request.params.release;  
  var author = release.author.login;
  var name = release.name;
  var tag_name = release.tag_name;
  var description = release.body;
	
  console.log("Author: " + author);
  console.log("Name: " + name);
  console.log("Tag Name: " + tag_name);	
  console.log("Description: " + description);	
  
  var text = " @" + author + " just created release " + name + " tagged: ( " + tag_name + " ) and is preparing to deploy to production. \n Description: \n " + description;
  
  Parse.Cloud.httpRequest({

      url: "https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXXXXXXX/XXXXXXX/XXXXXXXX",
      method: 'POST',
      header:{
      },
      body:'payload={"channel": "#releases", "username": "hook2parse2slack", "icon_emoji": ":tada:", "text": "' + text + ' "}',
      success: function (httpResponse) {

          console.log(httpResponse.text);
          response.success(httpResponse);
      },
      error:function (httpResponse) {
          console.error('Request failed with response code ' + httpResponse.status);

          response.error(httpResponse.status);
      }

  });
  
});