GitHub Action Slack Notification

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

Usage

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

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

2. Add the following properties to github-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@v4
      - name: Slack Notification Demo
        uses: senzing-factory/github-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 variable 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

• Using environment variables lists the default environment variables set in Git Actions.

License

Apache 2