github-actions-slack-notifier

a shareable actions workflow to post build status updates to Slack.

You can get started by creating a sample workflow like below:

name: Notify slack

on: [push]

jobs:
    notify-slack:
        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
        steps:
          - name: Send message to Slack channel
            uses: datumforge/[email protected]
            with:
              type: start
             # type: custom <- when using type "custom" you can feed in your own templates / message using the "message" parameter
             # message: "Matt is the best"
              channel_id: C05QJ8EKP0V # you can get this by clicking on the channel in Slack and under the "about" tab the CHannel ID is listed at the bottom
              slack_bot_token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
              mentions: "@manderson" # you need to put the @ and either group of users in slack or a user handle directly

Default message types

The default message types:

• default
• start
• end
• failed
• custom

Inputs

Name	Description
CHANNEL_ID	The slack channel id
MESSAGE	The message display in first block of notification
SLACK_BOT_TOKEN	OAuth token of your slack app