post_message: Sends a message to a channel.
In samterfa/slackme: Create Slack Apps

post_message

R Documentation

Sends a message to a channel.

Description

Sends a message to a channel.

Usage

post_message(
  token = Sys.getenv("SLACK_TOKEN"),
  channel,
  message = NULL,
  as_user = NULL,
  attachments = NULL,
  blocks = NULL,
  icon_emoji = NULL,
  icon_url = NULL,
  link_names = NULL,
  mrkdwn = NULL,
  parse = NULL,
  reply_broadcast = NULL,
  text = NULL,
  thread_ts = NULL,
  unfurl_links = NULL,
  unfurl_media = NULL,
  username = NULL,
  return_response = F
)

Arguments

`token`	Authentication token bearing required scopes. Tokens should be passed as an HTTP Authorization header or alternatively, as a POST parameter.
`channel`	Channel, private group, or IM channel to send message to. Can be an encoded ID, or a name. See below for more details.
`message`	A message object.
`as_user`	Pass true to post the message as the authed user, instead of as a bot. Defaults to false. See authorship below.
`attachments`	A JSON-based array of structured attachments, presented as a URL-encoded string.
`blocks`	A JSON-based array of structured blocks, presented as a URL-encoded string.
`icon_emoji`	Emoji to use as the icon for this message. Overrides icon_url. Must be used in conjunction with as_user set to false, otherwise ignored. See authorship below.
`icon_url`	URL to an image to use as the icon for this message. Must be used in conjunction with as_user set to false, otherwise ignored. See authorship below.
`link_names`	Find and link channel names and usernames.
`mrkdwn`	Disable Slack markup parsing by setting to false. Enabled by default. Default: true
`parse`	Change how messages are treated. Defaults to none. See below.
`reply_broadcast`	Used in conjunction with thread_ts and indicates whether reply should be made visible to everyone in the channel or conversation. Defaults to false.
`text`	How this field works and whether it is required depends on other fields you use in your API call. See below for more detail.
`thread_ts`	Provide another message's ts value to make this message a reply. Avoid using a reply's ts value; use its parent instead.
`unfurl_links`	Pass true to enable unfurling of primarily text-based content.
`unfurl_media`	Pass false to disable unfurling of media content.
`username`	Set your bot's user name. Must be used in conjunction with as_user set to false, otherwise ignored. See authorship below.
`return_response`	Whether or not to return the API call response as opposed to the response body. Defaults to FALSE (return response body)
`container_id`
`file_annotation`