Slack Send Message Version 1

This handler posts a message in a specific slack channel. This handler is also capable of responding to a message within a specific channel via thread, if the user desires, and possess the message's respective thread id. In order to use this handler, you must first create a Slack application and an API Token (information on how to do this is below).

Creating a Slack API Token

1) Go to https://api.slack.com 2) Create a New App - Give it a Descriptive name (ie. Kinetic Task Handler) - Register the 'Development Slack Team' as the Team you wish to post to 3) Add the 'send message as user' permission under 'Add features and functionality' > 'Permissions' - Can also create/give permission to 'send message as bot' if you would prefer messages be sent under a separate username 4) Under 'Install your app to your team', click 'Install App' and authorize it 5) Under 'Settings' > 'Install App' (in the navigation bar on the left side of the page), copy the OAuth Access Token from the page and use it for the Handler's token info value

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Changelog

Slack Send Message (2017-06-28)

• Initial version. See README for details.

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