This approach allows your GitHub Actions job to post a message to a Slack channel or direct message by utilizing Incoming Webhooks. SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: $ Technique 3: Slack Incoming Webhook Payload-file-path: './payload-slack-content.json ' env: name: Send custom JSON data to Slack workflow id: slack uses: with: You can select where you want to post the data and how you want to format it in Slack's workflow builder interface.Īdd this Action as a step to your project's GitHub Action Workflow file:

Configure your Slack workflow to use variables from the incoming payload from the GitHub Action.

Add a step to your GitHub action to send data to your Webhook.

) and add it as a secret in your repo settings named SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL. If these variables are missing in the payload, an error is returned. You will need to define expected variables in the payload the webhook will receive (described in the 'Create custom variables' section of the docs).

The payload sent by this GitHub action will be flattened (all nested keys moved to the top level) and stringified since Slack's workflow builder only supports top level string values in payloads. The Slack workflow webhook URL will be in the form. Follow these steps to create a Slack workflow using webhooks. This action will send data into Slack via a webhook URL.

Sending data to Slack's Workflow builder is the recommended way to use this action. ❗️ This approach requires a paid Slack plan The recommended way to use this action is with Slack's Workflow Builder (if you're on a paid Slack plan). Send data via a Slack Incoming Webhook URL (use an existing custom app or create a new one).Send data via a Slack app to post to a specific channel (use an existing custom app or create a new one).

Send data to Slack's Workflow Builder (requires a paid Slack instance).This package has three different techniques to send data to Slack: You can send GitHub-specific data related to GitHub Action workflow events using GitHub Contexts and Variables that GitHub Actions provides.įor examples on how to leverage this in your workflows, check out the example workflows we have. Send data into Slack using this GitHub Action! Sending Variables

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