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Git Action Slack Notification

Git Action to send messages to Slack. This action can be used to send message about the status of a Git Action workflow.

Usage

This action can be used after any other action. Below is simple example on using it:

1. Create a .github/workflows/git-action-slack-notification.yml

2. Add the following properties to git-action-slack-notification.yml file

on: push
name: Slack Notification Demo
jobs:
    slackNotification:
      name: Slack Notification Demo
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
      steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - name: Slack Notification Demo
        uses: senzing/git-action-slack-notification@1.0.0
        env:
          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
          SLACK_TITLE: Slack Notification Demo
          SLACK_MESSAGE: Demo'ing the Slack Notification

Go here for a template yml with all environment variables.

3. Generate Slack WebHook here

4. Encrypt Slack Webhook as a secret in the repository using this app.

Environment Variables

These are the environment variables that can be set to pass in additional information about the Git Action.

Variable Name Required Description
GITHUB_ACTION No GitHub Action name variable passed from Git Actions
GITHUB_ACTOR No GitHub Actor variable passed from Git Actions
GITHUB_EVENT_NAME No GitHub Action event name variable passed from Git Actions
GITHUB_REF No GitHub reference variable passed from Git Actions
GITHUB_REPOSITORY No GitHub Repository variable passed from Git Actions
GITHUB_WORKFLOW No GitHub Action workflow varaible passed from Git Actions
SLACK_CHANNEL No The Slack channel to use instead of the default
SLACK_COLOR No Format color to use for the Slack message
SLACK_ICON No The Slack user icon to use instead of the default
SLACK_MESSAGE Yes The message payload to be sent to Slack
SLACK_TITLE Yes Title of the Slack message being sent.
SLACK_USERNAME No The Slack username to use instead of the default
SLACK_WEBHOOK Yes The Webhook URL generated by Slack to send messages too.

Reference

License

Apache 2