SlackBootstrap for SailsJS

SlackBootstrap.js

/**
 * Bootstrap module for Slack notification on server startup
 * 
 * Expects: config/slack.js
 * - enabled
 * - organisation
 * - key
 * - messages.spawn
 * - payload
 */
module.exports = function (callback) {
  // call slack hook for enabled environments only
  if (!sails.config.slack || sails.config.slack.enabled !== true) {
    return callback();
  }

  var Slack = require('node-slack'),
    slack,
    slackPayload;

  // put communication in try block to avoid server bootup issues
  try {
    slack = new Slack(sails.config.slack.organisation, sails.config.slack.key);
    slackPayload = _.cloneDeep(sails.config.slack.payload);
    // set appropriate message on slack payload and send it.
    slackPayload.text = sails.config.slack.messages.spawn;

    // in case environment is development, do not call slack, but log output
    if (sails.config.environment === 'development') {
      sails.log.info('\nslack payload: start\n', slackPayload, '\nslack payload: end');
    }
    else {
      // be double sure, hence pack this in try block
      slack.send(slackPayload);
    }
  }
  catch (e) {
    // if slack initialisation has error, no point proceeding,
    sails.log.error('slack-bootstrap:', e.message || e);
    return callback(); // but do not stop boot, which means don't pass error to callback
  }

  callback();
};