gitbub-action-slack-notify

Notify Slack channels of updates from GitHub Actions

Thank you to @8398a7 for action-slack as the starting point of this repo!

Usage

See action.yml, checkin.yml

with Parameters

key	value	default	description
status	'success' or 'failure' or 'cancelled' or 'custom'	''	Recommend ${{ job.status }}.
text	any string	''	You can add to text by specifying it.
author_name	any string	'indentinc@action-slack'	It can be overwritten by specifying. The job name is recommend.
mention	'here' or 'channel' or ''	''	Always mention when specified.
only_mention_fail	'here' or 'channel' or ''	''	If specified, mention only on failure.
payload	e.g. {"text": "Custom Field Check", obj: 'LOWER CASE'.toLowerCase()}	''	Only available when status: custom. The payload format can pass javascript object.
username	Only legacy incoming webhook supported.	''	override the legacy integration's default name.
icon_emoji	Only legacy incoming webhook supported.	''	an emoji code string to use in place of the default icon.
icon_url	Only legacy incoming webhook supported.	''	an icon image URL string to use in place of the default icon.
channel	Only legacy incoming webhook supported.	''	override the legacy integration's default channel. This should be an ID, such as C8UJ12P4P.

See here for payload reference or Custom Notification.

• Message Formatting
  • Enter json and check in preview.
• Reference: Message payloads

Notification

- uses: indentinc/github-action-slack-notify@v1
  with:
    status: ${{ job.status }}
    author_name: Integration Test # default: indentinc@action-slack
  env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # required
    SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }} # required
  if: always() # Pick up events even if the job fails or is canceled.

When adding to text, write as follows.

- uses: indentinc/github-action-slack-notify@v1
  with:
    status: ${{ job.status }}
    text: overwrite text
  env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # required
    SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }} # required

In case of failure or cancellation, you will be notified as follows.

Legacy Incoming Webhooks

If you specify as follows, you can also support legacy incoming webhooks.
The specified secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL must be legacy.

- uses: indentinc/github-action-slack-notify@v1
  with:
    type: ${{ job.status }}
    username: Custom Username
    icon_emoji: ':octocat:'
    channel: '#integration-test'
  env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # required
    SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }} # required

Custom Notification

Use status: custom if you want to send an arbitrary payload.
The payload format can pass javascript object.

- uses: indentinc/github-action-slack-notify@v1
  with:
    status: custom
    payload: |
      {
        text: "Custom Field Check",
        attachments: [{
          "author_name": "indentinc@action-slack", // json
          fallback: 'fallback',
          color: 'good',
          title: 'CI Result',
          text: 'Succeeded',
          fields: [{
            title: 'lower case',
            value: 'LOWER CASE CHECK'.toLowerCase(),
            short: true
          },
          {
            title: 'reverse',
            value: 'gnirts esrever'.split('').reverse().join(''),
            short: true
          },
          {
            title: 'long title1',
            value: 'long value1',
            short: false
          }],
          actions: [{
          }]
        }]
      }
  env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # optional
    SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }} # required

Next Action

Selectable Field

Currently the field is fixed, but I want to make it selectable.
It is assumed that the input is in csv format.

- uses: indentinc/github-action-slack-notify@v1
  with:
    status: ${{ job.status }}
    fields: repo,message,action,author
  env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # required
    SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }} # required