How to Use
This brick allows you to send a Slack message from PixieBrix.
👉 You need to set-up a slack webhook url to use this brick
When adding the brick, paste it into the hookUrl field.
Add the text you want the bot to post in the text field.
To change the appearance of the account sending the message, use the botName field to set the name and the iconEmoji field to set the icon to an emoji on slack.
The target channel (or user) is set through the channel field, including the # before the channel name or the @ before the username.
If you want to format URLs to appear in slack better use this format:
<URL|CAPTION>
Use cases
- You want to send information from PixieBrix to a user or a channel on Slack through a webhook
Additional Resources
Inputs
| Name | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
text |
string
|
The text to send | |
slack |
slack/api integration
|
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channel |
string
|
#channel, or @username, or leave blank to use the default | |
link_names |
boolean
|
If channel names and usernames should be turned into links/pings |
Outputs
| Name | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| No outputs for this brick defined. | |||