A Node-RED node to post messages to Slack.
Run the following command in the root directory of your Node-RED install:
npm install node-red-contrib-slack
Slack output node.
Expects a msg.payload with a string that will be posted to the channel.
This can be found on the Incoming WebHooks for the channel of your choice.
This is the name that will appear above each post to the channel
This is the emoji that will be dispalyed next to each of the messages in the channel. All possible Emoji icons can be found at Emoji Cheat Sheet
You can optionally override the destination channel if required - either in the edit dialogue or by setting msg.channel.
You can also create Slack attachments by adding a msg.attachments property that must be an array.
For more information see Slack Incoming Webhooks.
Work in progress
Slack bots input node.
Will listen for messages in any channels, Groups or DM the bot is invited to.
Outputs the msg.payload as the incoming message.
Outputs msg.SlackObj with full Slack message details
This can be found on the Bots intregration.
You can optionally limit the channel for this node to emit messages from. By default it will send all messages recieved.
Slack bots output node.
Expects a msg.payload with a string that will be posted to Slack based on the Bot API token provided.
This can be found on the Bots intregration.
You can optionally override the destination channel if required - either in the edit dialogue or by setting msg.channel. The bot must be a member of that channel to post.