Sends a message to a Slack workspace. This operation requires a JSON payload and a Slack Messaging Account Code. The JSON must be formatted according to Slack's API standards.

All Slack operations require a Slack Messaging Account.

Environment/Instance Properties

Property Name	Property Code	Required	Description

Project Properties

Property Name	Property Code	Required	Description

Inputs

Input Name	Input Code	Required	Description
Slack Account	FDSLACK_INP_CLOUD_ACCT_CODE	Yes	Slack account code from Topology->Integrations->Messaging
Message JSON	FDSLACK_INP_MESSAGE_JSON	Yes	JSON for slack message. Formatted based on Slack API . @since 5.3.0.2 This input now allows FlexDeploy property replacement notation to be used. e.g. ${{FD_ENVIRONMENT_CODE}} This can be useful for writing dynamic message content.

Outputs

Output Name	Description
FDSLACK_OUT_MESSAGE_TS	Resulting Slack Message Id (TS id) of the newly created message. This can be used start or reply to threads.

Artifacts

This operation delegates the consume artifacts decision to the workflow developer.

Endpoint Selection

This operation delegates the selection to the workflow developer to determine.

Endpoint Execution

This operations delegates the execution to the workflow developer to decide.

Special Considerations

Formatting Messages - Useful guide for creating complex messages

Slack Post Message API - Internal API used by this Plugin operation

Examples

Below is a message JSON payload example. This will send a message to a channel called flexdeploy-demo.

Message JSON example

{
	"channel": "flexdeploy-demo",
	"icon_url": "https://life.meetnext.com/favicon.ico",
	"as_user": false,
	"username": "FlexDeploy",
	"text":"This is a test message for FlexDeploy's slack plugin"
}

Below is the final result in the flexdeploy-demo channel.

A more complex message JSON can be found below.

Complex message JSON

{
	"channel": "random",
	"blocks": [
		{
      "type": "section",
      "text": {
        "type": "mrkdwn",
        "text": "Danny Torrence left the following review for your property:"
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "section",
      "block_id": "section567",
      "text": {
        "type": "mrkdwn",
        "text": "<https://google.com|Overlook Hotel> \n :star: \n Doors had too many axe holes, guest in room 237 was far too rowdy, whole place felt stuck in the 1920s."
      },
      "accessory": {
        "type": "image",
        "image_url": "https://is5-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple3/v4/d3/72/5c/d3725c8f-c642-5d69-1904-aa36e4297885/source/256x256bb.jpg",
        "alt_text": "Haunted hotel image"
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "section",
      "block_id": "section789",
      "fields": [
        {
          "type": "mrkdwn",
          "text": "*Average Rating*\n1.0"
        }
      ]
    }
	]
}

This is the final result in the "random" channel.