Tiny Slack Web API wrapper for Nodejs

README.md

Usage

var Slack = require('./SlackAPI.js')

Use bot or user token for authentication.

var WebAPI = Slack(<TOKEN>)

Call the API methods.

WebAPI.call('chat.postMessage', {
  channel: 'general',
  text: 'API is simple(rr)',
  attachments: JSON.stringify([
    {
      fields: [{
        'title': 'Status',
        'value': '👍'
      }]
    }
  ])
}).then(response => {
  // it went smoothly!
}).catch(error => {
  // something shucks..
})

SlackAPI.js

/*jshint esversion: 6 */

module.exports = function (token) {

  const request = require('request');
  const BASE_API = 'https://slack.com/api/';

  return {
    call: function (name, qs) { // name could be 'im.replies', etc.
      qs = qs || {};
      qs.token = token;
      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        request({
          qs: qs,
          method: 'GET',
          url: BASE_API + name
        }, function (error, response, body) {
          var b = JSON.parse(body);
          if(error || !b.ok) {
            reject(error || b);
          } else {
            resolve(b);
          }
        });
      });
    }
  };

};