slackr_msg function

Sends a message to a slack channel.

slackr_msg(
  txt = "",
  channel = Sys.getenv("SLACK_CHANNEL"),
  username = Sys.getenv("SLACK_USERNAME"),
  icon_emoji = Sys.getenv("SLACK_ICON_EMOJI"),
  token = Sys.getenv("SLACK_TOKEN"),
  thread_ts = NULL,
  reply_broadcast = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

• txt: text message to send to Slack. If a character vector of length > 1 is passed in, they will be combined and separated by newlines.
• channel: Channel, private group, or IM channel to send message to. Can be an encoded ID, or a name. See the chat.postMessage endpoint documentation for details.
• username: what user should the bot be named as (chr).
• icon_emoji: what emoji to use (chr) "" will mean use the default.
• token: Authentication token bearing required scopes.
• thread_ts: Provide another message's ts value to make this message a reply. Avoid using a reply's ts value; use its parent instead.
• reply_broadcast: Used in conjunction with thread_ts and indicates whether reply should be made visible to everyone in the channel or conversation. Defaults to FALSE.
• ...: other arguments passed to the Slack API chat.postMessage call

Returns

the response (invisibly)

Note

You need a https://www.slack.com account and will also need to setup an API token https://api.slack.com/

Also, you can pass in add_user=TRUE as part of the ...

parameters and the Slack API will post the message as your logged-in user account (this will override anything set in username)

Examples

## Not run:

slackr_setup()
slackr_msg("Hi")
## End(Not run)

See Also

slackr_setup(), slackr_bot(), slackr_dev(), slackr_save(), slackr_upload()