greetingViews.go

func GreetingMessage(user string) []slack.Block {
  // we need a stuct to hold template arguments
  type args struct {
    User string
  }
  tpl := renderTemplate(greetingAssets, "greetingViews/greeting.json", args{User: user})
  // we convert the view into a message struct
  view := slack.Msg{}
  str, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(&tpl)
  json.Unmarshal(str, &view)
  // We only return the block because of the way the PostEphemeral function works
  // we are going to use slack.MsgOptionBlocks in the controller
  return view.Blocks.BlockSet
}