GitHub Action Event Slack Notifier

Translates GitHub's events into human readable messages in Slack.

Setup

To use this GitHub Action you'll first need to create a Slack App and install it to your workspace.

Creating a Slack App

1. Create a Slack App. Go to Slack's developer site then click "Create an app". Name the app "GitHub Action" (you can change this later) and make sure your team's Slack workspace is selected under "Development Slack Workspace".
2. Add a Bot user. Browse to the "Bot users" page listed in the sidebar. Name your bot "GitHub Action" (you can change this later) and leave the other default settings as-is.
3. Set an icon for your bot. Browse to the "Basic information" page listed in the sidebar. Scroll down to the section titled "Display information" to set an icon.
4. Install your app to your workspace. At the top of the "Basic information" page you can find a section titled "Install your app to your workspace". Click on it, then use the button to complete the installation.

Usage example

To use this GitHub Action, you'll need to set the following inputs:

• slackbot-token to get your Slack bot token, browse to the "OAuth & Permissions" page listed in Slack and copy the "Bot User OAuth Access Token" beginning in xoxb-.
• slack-conversation-id read below
• github-token needed to authenticate to GitHub's API
• run-id a unique number for each workflow run within a repository, you'll get this
• job-status the current status of the job.

Here is how this looks inside a workflow:

name: GitHub Event Notifier

on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - master

jobs:
  run:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Notify Slack
        if: always()
        uses: leopic/gh-action-event-notifier@v1.0.0
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          job-status: ${{ job.status }}
          run-id: ${{ github.run_id }}
          slack-conversation-id: ${{ secrets.SLACK_CHANNEL_ID }}
          slackbot-token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}

Slack Conversation ID

A Slack Conversation ID (channel ID) can be:

• The ID of a channel
• The ID of a private group, or user you would like to post a
• The ID of a user that will receive your messages

Your bot can message any user in your Slack workspace but needs to be invited into channels and private groups before it can post to them.

If you open Slack in your web browser, you can find channel IDs at the end of the URL when viewing channels and private groups. Note that this doesn't work for direct messages.

https://myworkspace.slack.com/messages/CHANNEL_ID/

You can also find channel IDs using the Slack API. Get a list of channels that your bot is a member of via Slack's users.conversations endpoint. Get user IDs for direct messages using Slack's users.lookupByEmail endpoint.

If the channel is private, you'll need to install the App in that channel.

Output examples

Special thanks

• Post Slack messages for the inspiration and borrowed instructions