A simple C# class to post messages to a Slack channel. You must have the Incoming WebHooks Integration enabled. This class uses the Newtonsoft Json.NET serializer available via NuGet. Scroll down for an example test method and a LinqPad snippet. Enjoy!

SlackClient.cs

using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;

//A simple C# class to post messages to a Slack channel
//Note: This class uses the Newtonsoft Json.NET serializer available via NuGet
public class SlackClient
{
	private readonly Uri _uri;
	private readonly Encoding _encoding = new UTF8Encoding();
	
	public SlackClient(string urlWithAccessToken)
	{
		_uri = new Uri(urlWithAccessToken);
	}
	
	//Post a message using simple strings
	public void PostMessage(string text, string username = null, string channel = null)
	{
		Payload payload = new Payload()
		{
			Channel = channel,
			Username = username,
			Text = text
		};
		
		PostMessage(payload);
	}
	
	//Post a message using a Payload object
	public void PostMessage(Payload payload)
	{
		string payloadJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(payload);
		
		using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
		{
			NameValueCollection data = new NameValueCollection();
			data["payload"] = payloadJson;
	
			var response = client.UploadValues(_uri, "POST", data);
			
			//The response text is usually "ok"
			string responseText = _encoding.GetString(response);
		}
	}
}

//This class serializes into the Json payload required by Slack Incoming WebHooks
public class Payload
{
	[JsonProperty("channel")]
	public string Channel { get; set; }
	
	[JsonProperty("username")]
	public string Username { get; set; }
	
	[JsonProperty("text")]
	public string Text { get; set; }
}

SlackClientTest.cs

void TestPostMessage()
{	
	var urlWithAccessToken = "https://hooks.slack.com/services/{YOUR}/{ACCESS}/{TOKENS};
	
	var client = new SlackClient(urlWithAccessToken);
	
	client.PostMessage(username: "Mr. Torgue",
			   text: "THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE! SQUEEDLYBAMBLYFEEDLYMEEDLYMOWWWWWWWW!",
			   channel: "#general");
}

SlackClientTest.linq

<Query Kind="Program">
  <Reference>&lt;RuntimeDirectory&gt;\SMDiagnostics.dll</Reference>
  <Reference>&lt;RuntimeDirectory&gt;\System.Configuration.dll</Reference>
  <Reference>&lt;RuntimeDirectory&gt;\System.Net.Http.dll</Reference>
  <Reference>&lt;RuntimeDirectory&gt;\System.Runtime.Serialization.dll</Reference>
  <Reference>&lt;RuntimeDirectory&gt;\System.ServiceModel.Internals.dll</Reference>
  <NuGetReference>Newtonsoft.Json</NuGetReference>
  <Namespace>System.Collections.Specialized</Namespace>
  <Namespace>System.Net</Namespace>
  <Namespace>System.Net.Http</Namespace>
  <Namespace>System.Net.Http.Headers</Namespace>
  <Namespace>System.Runtime.Serialization.Json</Namespace>
  <Namespace>Newtonsoft.Json</Namespace>
</Query>

void Main()
{	
	var urlWithAccessToken = "https://hooks.slack.com/services/{YOUR}/{ACCESS}/{TOKENS}";
	
	var client = new SlackClient(urlWithAccessToken);
	
	client.PostMessage(username: "Mr. Torgue",
			   text: "THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE! SQUEEDLYBAMBLYFEEDLYMEEDLsaMOWWWWWWWW!",
			   channel: "#sandbox");
}

//A simple C# class to post messages to a Slack channel
//Note: This class uses the Newtonsoft Json.NET serializer available via NuGet
public class SlackClient
{
	private readonly Uri _uri;
	private readonly Encoding _encoding = new UTF8Encoding();
	
	public SlackClient(string urlWithAccessToken)
	{
		_uri = new Uri(urlWithAccessToken);
	}
	
	//Post a message using simple strings
	public void PostMessage(string text, string username = null, string channel = null)
	{
		Payload payload = new Payload()
		{
			Channel = channel,
			Username = username,
			Text = text
		};
		
		PostMessage(payload);
	}
	
	//Post a message using a Payload object
	public void PostMessage(Payload payload)
	{
		string payloadJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(payload);
		
		using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
		{
			NameValueCollection data = new NameValueCollection();
			data["payload"] = payloadJson;
	
			var response = client.UploadValues(_uri, "POST", data);
			
			//The response text is usually "ok"
			string responseText = _encoding.GetString(response);
		}
	}
}

//This class serializes into the Json payload required by Slack Incoming WebHooks
public class Payload
{
	[JsonProperty("channel")]
	public string Channel { get; set; }
	
	[JsonProperty("username")]
	public string Username { get; set; }
	
	[JsonProperty("text")]
	public string Text { get; set; }
}

Thank you for this code example, it helped me to discover WebClient UploadValue()

Thanks!

Thanks for this code and for taking the time to create a LinqPad example - that really helps.

how can post images using C#. I tried to post them using markdown but I got the links(url) back...

Following the Slack Webhook documentation, it asks to create a webhook and send a payload JSON value to it. Here is a smaller working example of that:

public sealed class SlackClient
{
    public static readonly Uri DefaultWebHookUri = new Uri("https://hooks.slack.com/services/.../.../...");

    private readonly Uri _webHookUri;

    public SlackClient(Uri webHookUri)
    {
        this._webHookUri = webHookUri;
    }

    public void SendSlackMessage(SlackMessage message)
    {
        using (WebClient webClient = new WebClient())
        {
            webClient.Headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
            byte[] request = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("payload=" + JsonConvert.SerializeObject(message));
            byte[] response = webClient.UploadData(this._webHookUri, "POST", request);

            // ...handle response...
        }
    }

    public sealed class SlackMessage
    {
        [JsonProperty("channel")]
        public string Channel { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty("username")]
        public string UserName { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty("text")]
        public string Text { get; set; }

        [JsonProperty("icon_emoji")]
        public string Icon
        {
            get { return ":computer:"; }
        }
    }
}

Thanks!! Great help.

This is amazing. Thanks @sshine!

Nice, thanks

What are some of the JSON properties for slack.
I want to work with attachments, colors, images and ...
Thanks much.

This is great, thank you... now to just find out how to determine whether the response was a bad one or not. ( ie. response.IsSuccessStatusCode with httpclients )

Up and running in just a few minutes. Thanks!

How can I get the token={your_access_token} value ?

How to upload one image and message to channel?

This is helpful. Thanks

is there a way to tag a user or multiple users?

Does this work for private channels as well?

I'm getting a 404 error at line 40 of the stack client. What all information on the code in this file needs to be changed to fit personal use?

@inquisitivepanda

You just need to change the urlWithAccessToken variable. Something like https://hooks.slack.com/services/{YOUR}/{ACCESS}/{TOKENS}. If you navigate to the /apps page in your slack workspace settings on the web, find (or add) an integration for Incoming Webhooks -- your URL to use in this bit of code will be on that page.

Thank you!