slack Cookbook

This cookbook sends messages to a Slack chatroom using the Incoming Webhook Integration

Requirements

packages

• slackr - Uses the slackr rubygem to talk to Slack

Attributes

slack::default

Key	Type	Description	Default
['slack']['team']	String	Your Slack team-name	nil
['slack']['api_key']	String	The Incoming Webhook API key	nil

LWRP Usage

In your metadata.rb you need to add depends 'slack' and add include_recipe 'slack' to your recipe.

slack_say "Say something clever"

slack_say "say_something_clever" do
  message "Look I'm a Ghost! Boo!"
  icon_emoji ":ghost:"
  not_if { node['im_boring'] }
end

slack_say "lazy_ghost" do
  message "Boo! I'm still a ghost"
  icon_emoji ":ghost:"
  action :nothing
end

something "talk_as_ghost" do
  notifies :say, "slack_say[lazy_ghost]", :immediately
end

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request using Github

License and Authors

Authors: Jason Rohwedder [email protected]