'''
This is an example of how to send data to Slack webhooks in Python with the
requests module.
Detailed documentation of Slack Incoming Webhooks:
https://api.slack.com/incoming-webhooks
'''
import json
import requests
# Set the webhook_url to the one provided by Slack when you create the webhook at https://my.slack.com/services/new/incoming-webhook/
webhook_url = 'https://hooks.slack.com/services/T00000000/B00000000/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
slack_data = {'text': "Sup! We're hacking shit together @HackSussex :spaghetti:"}
response = requests.post(
webhook_url, data=json.dumps(slack_data),
headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
)
if response.status_code != 200:
raise ValueError(
'Request to slack returned an error %s, the response is:\n%s'
% (response.status_code, response.text)
)