josefondrej / send-to-slack

Set of utility functions for sending files and plots from python directly to slack

Send to Slack

Set of utility functions for sending files and plots from python directly to slack.

Prerequisities

1. You need to install requirements. From the send-to-slack directory run:

   python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
   

2. You need to create a slack app at https://api.slack.com/apps, add it to your workspace, set the app's permissions so it can send files and add it to the channels you want to use it in.
3. You need to set the environemental variable SLACK_BOT_TOKEN to the token you obtain from https://api.slack.com/apps > Your App > OAuth & Permissions. The token should look like something like

   xoxb-1234567891011-1213141516171-AbCDEFGhijklmnOPQRSTuVWx
   

4. Then you can import the library in your project and use it like

   from send_to_slack.send import send_file
   
   file_path = "C:/Temp/test_file.txt"
   channel = "#general"
   send_file(file_path=file_path, channel=channel)