slack scripts

these are a few simple slack scripts to do things from the command-line, like set status and presence with one command.

setup

1. get an API token from https://api.slack.com/custom-integrations/legacy-tokens

2. make sure you have some basic utils installed:

   • curl
   • jq
   • urlencode

3. set some environment variables (SLACK_API_TOKEN is required for all operations, the others will be used by the slack.in.sh script):

   export SLACK_DEFAULT_EMOJI=house_with_garden
   export SLACK_DEFAULT_STATUS="working from home"
   export SLACK_API_TOKEN="xxxx-xxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx"

usage

# set presence to auto, and status to your configured default emoji and message
slack.in.sh

# set presence to away
slack.out.sh

# set your status to :fire: "on a roll"
slack.status.sh fire on a roll

# set presence to away, and status status to "lunch" and the emoji (pizza if not specified)
slack.lunch.sh [emoji]

# post the message "this is the message" to #foo
slack.post.sh foo this is the message

limitations

auth tokens only work with one team, and you need to switch the environment variable to post to another team.