How to properly format attachment data for Slack chat.postMessage
I am trying to incorporate a slack notification using a Slack bot app API into my C# application. The code below is working fine but the format used for the attachments field makes it very difficult to edit and maintain... There must be an easier way to populate that json array?
I've tried multiple ways to write it but I can't get it to work properly other than with this unwieldy syntax.
var data = new NameValueCollection
{
["token"] = "token", // Removed my actual token from here obviously
["channel"] = "channel", // Same with the channel
["as_user"] = "true",
["text"] = "test message 2",
["attachments"] = "[{"fallback":"dummy", "text":"this is an attachment", "color":"#F35A00", "title" : "Title", "title_link": "http://www.google.com"}]"
};
var client = new WebClient();
var response = client.UploadValues("https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage", "POST", data);
c# slack slack-api
edited Nov 15 '18 at 21:56
Gibolt
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asked Nov 15 '18 at 21:48
MegasoumMegasoum
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I am trying to incorporate a slack notification using a Slack bot app API into my C# application. The code below is working fine but the format used for the attachments field makes it very difficult to edit and maintain... There must be an easier way to populate that json array?
I've tried multiple ways to write it but I can't get it to work properly other than with this unwieldy syntax.
var data = new NameValueCollection
{
["token"] = "token", // Removed my actual token from here obviously
["channel"] = "channel", // Same with the channel
["as_user"] = "true",
["text"] = "test message 2",
["attachments"] = "[{"fallback":"dummy", "text":"this is an attachment", "color":"#F35A00", "title" : "Title", "title_link": "http://www.google.com"}]"
};
var client = new WebClient();
var response = client.UploadValues("https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage", "POST", data);
c# slack slack-api
edited Nov 15 '18 at 21:56
Gibolt
5,87225344
asked Nov 15 '18 at 21:48
MegasoumMegasoum
82
add a comment |
I am trying to incorporate a slack notification using a Slack bot app API into my C# application. The code below is working fine but the format used for the attachments field makes it very difficult to edit and maintain... There must be an easier way to populate that json array?
I've tried multiple ways to write it but I can't get it to work properly other than with this unwieldy syntax.
var data = new NameValueCollection
{
["token"] = "token", // Removed my actual token from here obviously
["channel"] = "channel", // Same with the channel
["as_user"] = "true",
["text"] = "test message 2",
["attachments"] = "[{"fallback":"dummy", "text":"this is an attachment", "color":"#F35A00", "title" : "Title", "title_link": "http://www.google.com"}]"
};
var client = new WebClient();
var response = client.UploadValues("https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage", "POST", data);
c# slack slack-api
edited Nov 15 '18 at 21:56
Gibolt
5,87225344
asked Nov 15 '18 at 21:48
MegasoumMegasoum
82
I am trying to incorporate a slack notification using a Slack bot app API into my C# application. The code below is working fine but the format used for the attachments field makes it very difficult to edit and maintain... There must be an easier way to populate that json array?
I've tried multiple ways to write it but I can't get it to work properly other than with this unwieldy syntax.
var data = new NameValueCollection
{
["token"] = "token", // Removed my actual token from here obviously
["channel"] = "channel", // Same with the channel
["as_user"] = "true",
["text"] = "test message 2",
["attachments"] = "[{"fallback":"dummy", "text":"this is an attachment", "color":"#F35A00", "title" : "Title", "title_link": "http://www.google.com"}]"
};
var client = new WebClient();
var response = client.UploadValues("https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage", "POST", data);
c# slack slack-api
c# slack slack-api
edited Nov 15 '18 at 21:56
Gibolt
5,87225344
asked Nov 15 '18 at 21:48
MegasoumMegasoum
82
edited Nov 15 '18 at 21:56
Gibolt
5,87225344
asked Nov 15 '18 at 21:48
MegasoumMegasoum
82
edited Nov 15 '18 at 21:56
Gibolt
5,87225344
edited Nov 15 '18 at 21:56
Gibolt
5,87225344
edited Nov 15 '18 at 21:56
Gibolt
5,87225344
5,87225344
asked Nov 15 '18 at 21:48
MegasoumMegasoum
82
asked Nov 15 '18 at 21:48
MegasoumMegasoum
82
asked Nov 15 '18 at 21:48
MegasoumMegasoum
82
82
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The "unwieldy" syntax is hand-crafted JSON and a much better approach would be to construct the attachments as C# objects and then convert them into JSON as the API requires.
My example is using the external library Json.NET for the JSON conversion.
Example for C# object:
// a slack message attachment
public class SlackAttachment
{
public string fallback { get; set; }
public string text { get; set; }
public string image_url { get; set; }
public string color { get; set; }
}
Example for creating a new attachments array:
var attachments = new SlackAttachment
{
new SlackAttachment
{
fallback = "this did not work",
text = "This is attachment 1",
color = "good"
},
new SlackAttachment
{
fallback = "this did not work",
text = "This is attachment 2",
color = "danger"
}
};
Finally, converting the attachments array to JSON for the API:
var attachmentsJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(attachments);
See also this answer for a complete example.
answered Nov 15 '18 at 22:25
Erik KalkokenErik Kalkoken
13.3k32552
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That did it! Thanks for the help
– Megasoum
Nov 15 '18 at 22:56
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The "unwieldy" syntax is hand-crafted JSON and a much better approach would be to construct the attachments as C# objects and then convert them into JSON as the API requires.
My example is using the external library Json.NET for the JSON conversion.
Example for C# object:
// a slack message attachment
public class SlackAttachment
{
public string fallback { get; set; }
public string text { get; set; }
public string image_url { get; set; }
public string color { get; set; }
}
Example for creating a new attachments array:
var attachments = new SlackAttachment
{
new SlackAttachment
{
fallback = "this did not work",
text = "This is attachment 1",
color = "good"
},
new SlackAttachment
{
fallback = "this did not work",
text = "This is attachment 2",
color = "danger"
}
};
Finally, converting the attachments array to JSON for the API:
var attachmentsJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(attachments);
See also this answer for a complete example.
answered Nov 15 '18 at 22:25
Erik KalkokenErik Kalkoken
13.3k32552
1
That did it! Thanks for the help
– Megasoum
Nov 15 '18 at 22:56
add a comment |
The "unwieldy" syntax is hand-crafted JSON and a much better approach would be to construct the attachments as C# objects and then convert them into JSON as the API requires.
My example is using the external library Json.NET for the JSON conversion.
Example for C# object:
// a slack message attachment
public class SlackAttachment
{
public string fallback { get; set; }
public string text { get; set; }
public string image_url { get; set; }
public string color { get; set; }
}
Example for creating a new attachments array:
var attachments = new SlackAttachment
{
new SlackAttachment
{
fallback = "this did not work",
text = "This is attachment 1",
color = "good"
},
new SlackAttachment
{
fallback = "this did not work",
text = "This is attachment 2",
color = "danger"
}
};
Finally, converting the attachments array to JSON for the API:
var attachmentsJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(attachments);
See also this answer for a complete example.
answered Nov 15 '18 at 22:25
Erik KalkokenErik Kalkoken
13.3k32552
1
That did it! Thanks for the help
– Megasoum
Nov 15 '18 at 22:56
add a comment |
The "unwieldy" syntax is hand-crafted JSON and a much better approach would be to construct the attachments as C# objects and then convert them into JSON as the API requires.
My example is using the external library Json.NET for the JSON conversion.
Example for C# object:
// a slack message attachment
public class SlackAttachment
{
public string fallback { get; set; }
public string text { get; set; }
public string image_url { get; set; }
public string color { get; set; }
}
Example for creating a new attachments array:
var attachments = new SlackAttachment
{
new SlackAttachment
{
fallback = "this did not work",
text = "This is attachment 1",
color = "good"
},
new SlackAttachment
{
fallback = "this did not work",
text = "This is attachment 2",
color = "danger"
}
};
Finally, converting the attachments array to JSON for the API:
var attachmentsJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(attachments);
See also this answer for a complete example.
answered Nov 15 '18 at 22:25
Erik KalkokenErik Kalkoken
13.3k32552
The "unwieldy" syntax is hand-crafted JSON and a much better approach would be to construct the attachments as C# objects and then convert them into JSON as the API requires.
My example is using the external library Json.NET for the JSON conversion.
Example for C# object:
// a slack message attachment
public class SlackAttachment
{
public string fallback { get; set; }
public string text { get; set; }
public string image_url { get; set; }
public string color { get; set; }
}
Example for creating a new attachments array:
var attachments = new SlackAttachment
{
new SlackAttachment
{
fallback = "this did not work",
text = "This is attachment 1",
color = "good"
},
new SlackAttachment
{
fallback = "this did not work",
text = "This is attachment 2",
color = "danger"
}
};
Finally, converting the attachments array to JSON for the API:
var attachmentsJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(attachments);
See also this answer for a complete example.
answered Nov 15 '18 at 22:25
Erik KalkokenErik Kalkoken
13.3k32552
edited Nov 15 '18 at 22:32
answered Nov 15 '18 at 22:25
Erik KalkokenErik Kalkoken
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answered Nov 15 '18 at 22:25
Erik KalkokenErik Kalkoken
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answered Nov 15 '18 at 22:25
Erik KalkokenErik Kalkoken
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That did it! Thanks for the help
– Megasoum
Nov 15 '18 at 22:56
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That did it! Thanks for the help
– Megasoum
Nov 15 '18 at 22:56
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That did it! Thanks for the help
– Megasoum
Nov 15 '18 at 22:56
That did it! Thanks for the help
– Megasoum
Nov 15 '18 at 22:56
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