Send a Teams message with proper markdown support using python

teams_bot_with_markdown.py

import logging
import requests
import sys
from os import path

# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/webhooks-and-connectors/how-to/add-incoming-webhook
TEAMS_WEBHOOK = "{YOUR_WEBHOOK_LINK}"
LOG_FILE = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), "log.txt")

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
fh = logging.FileHandler(LOG_FILE)
fh.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s'))
logger.addHandler(fh)
logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

def get_payload(title: str, markdown_message: str) -> dict:
    return {
        "@type": "MessageCard",
        "@context": "http://schema.org/extensions",
        "summary": title,
        "sections": [{
            "activityTitle": title,
            "markdown": True,
            "text": markdown_message,
        }]
    }

def main():
    logger.info("Sending teams message!")
    res = requests.post(TEAMS_WEBHOOK, json=get_payload("💰 This Is The Title! 💰", "💸 This is the content and it can be `markdown`ed💸"))
    if not res.ok:
        logger.error(
            f"Bad response from webhook! Error code: {res.status_code}. Text: {res.text}")
        sys.exit(1)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()