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Slack Connector

​ The Slack connector allows you to send slack message through the Slack REST API. ​

Compatibility

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Ballerina Language Version	Slack API Version
1.0.0	v1
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Getting started

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1. Refer the Getting Started guide to download and install Ballerina. ​
2. To use Slack endpoint, you need to provide the following: ​
   • Webhook URL ​
3. Create a new Ballerina project by executing the following command. ​

   <PROJECT_ROOT_DIRECTORY>$ ballerina new <project_name>

​ 4. Import the Slack module to your Ballerina program as follows. ​ ```

    import ballerina/config;
    import ballerina/io;
    import hackbros/slack;
​
    slack:SlackConfiguration slackConfig = {
    webhookUrl: config:getAsString("WEBHOOK_Url")
    };
    slack:Client slackClient = new(slackConfig);
​
    public function main() {
​
        slack:SlackConfiguration slackConfig = {
            webhookUrl: "https://hooks.slack.com/services/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"
        };
​
        slack:Client slackClient = new(slackConfig);
​
        string | error response = slackClient->sendWebhookMessage("text","*hello balleria from hackbros*",false);
        if (response is  error) {
        // If unsuccessful, print error details
            io:println("Error in call to Slack: ", response);
        } else {
            if (response == "ok") {
                io:println("Slack Send Message is successful: ");
            }
            else {
            // If unsuccessful, print the error returned.
            io:println("Slack Error Code: ", response);
            }
        }
    }
```