[slack] Allow image message sending in Slack component

[Joycelyn-Chen]

Issue Description

Current State

• It's been extremely exciting to connect social media with pipeline, enabling us to send pipeline output as message to Slack channel as message. And I thought it might be even more fun to also send image output as well.

Why We Want to Change?

• This new feature would enable even cooler application, and potentially draw more public attention to the VDP structure.

Proposed Change*

• We could investigate a common ground between Slack interface and Instill Slack component, and see how can we implement image decoding at Slack application side to display the image properly once we've sent the image embedding over.

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INS-6142 [Feature] Allow image message sending in Slack component

[naaa760]

Hello @kuroxx @Joycelyn-Chen
I want to work on this issue, PLease assign me!

[ShihChun-H]

Hi @naaa760, Currently, this issue is being created by our contributor, @Joycelyn-Chen, and has been reassigned to her for further contribution. I will let you know when the issue becomes available for you to work on. In the meantime, please look into other available issues 🙏 We will also add more issues soon 🙌🏻 Thank you for your understanding on this matter.

[ShihChun-H]

Hi @Joycelyn-Chen, I'm following up to check on any progress made regarding this issue. Could you please provide an update? Thanks 🙏

[Joycelyn-Chen]

Hello @ShihChun-H, thanks for checking up on me! I've confirmed use cases with @kuroxx and traced the slack component code and modified the config file accordingly to resolve the issue. I am currently having difficulty running the code locally and will seek help in discord channel very shortly.

[VibhorGits]

Greetings to @Joycelyn-Chen @ShihChun-H
I would like to work on the issue if it's open to work :)

[kuroxx]

Hey @VibhorGits thank you for your interest in this issue although @Joycelyn-Chen is tackling this one at the moment.

I saw you express interest for #1110 and have assigned you that one, thanks!

[kuroxx]

This issue is now open for claim.

[tejas-raskar]

Hey @kuroxx, I would like to work on this issue!

[kuroxx]

Great @tejas-raskar ! I have assigned the issue to you, Happy hacking 👻

[kuroxx]

Hey @tejas-raskar were you able to work on this issue? If you did, could you please submit a PR soon since it is the end of Hacktoberfest 🙏

[tejas-raskar]

Hey @kuroxx, I am still working on the issue and will need some time to create a PR

[kuroxx]

Hi @tejas-raskar that's great if you are!

Please note, we will need a PR by the end of this week (8th Nov) since we are closing this event.

Please submit:

• Your PR for this ticket
• This Google form

to ensure your contribution is counted!

Alternatively, if you cannot complete this within the time frame but would still like to contribute, you are more than welcome to but please note it would not be within the scope of Hacktoberfest 2024.

Thank you and look forward to your contribution! ✨