the-cloud-source / slack

Golang client for the Slack API. **NOTE: This project is already archived, so we recommend that you use https://github.com/slack-go/slack instead.**

Slack

Golang client for the Slack API. Include the example code using each slack api.

Currently supports:

Method	Description	Example
channels.history	Fetches history of messages and events from a channel.	#link
channels.join	Joins a channel, creating it if needed.	#link
channels.list	Lists all channels in a Slack team.	#link
chat.postMessage	Sends a message to a channel.	#link
files.upload	Upload an image/file	#link
files.info	Retrieves the information about an uploaded file	#link
groups.invite	Invites a user to a private group.	#link
groups.create	Creates a private group.	#link
groups.list	Lists private groups that the calling user has access to.	#link
users.info	Gets information about a channel.	#link
users.list	Lists all users in a Slack team.	#link

Example

package main

import (
  "github.com/bluele/slack"
)

const (
  token       = "your-api-token"
  channelName = "general"
)

func main() {
  api := slack.New(token)
  err := api.ChatPostMessage(channelName, "Hello, world!", nil)
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }
}

Command line tool

If you are looking for slack commandline utility, vektorlab/slackcat probably suits you.

Author

Jun Kimura

• http://github.com/bluele
• [email protected]