cmd2slack - Execute a command and send its output to Slack

Execute a command and send its stdout and stderr to a Slack channel as an Incoming Webhook.

Usage

First you need to set up an incoming webhook integration in your Slack workspace. Once done that, you will receive a webhook URL ($HOOK hencefort). That's all the configuration you need.

Once you have your webhook URL, just call your command prefixed by cmd2slack, like in the following example:

$ cmd2slack -hook $HOOK ping -c 5 google.com

If the invocation was successful, you will receive a message like this:

If the command executed exits with a failure code, the message will look like this:

The are also additional flags you can pass the program:

$ cmd2slack --help
Usage of cmd2slack:
  -channel string
        Channel where to post the output
  -emoji string
        Emoji to use
  -hook string
        Slack Incoming Webhook URL
  -icon string
        URL of icon to use
  -timing
        Include command execution timing
  -username string
        Username
  -verbose
        Show command execution on screen

Installation

If you have a running Go environment, just do

go install github.com/inkel/cmd2slack

If you prefer instead downloading precompiled binaries, you can find them in the releases section. Just download the version you're looking for, place it in your $PATH and make it executable. Enjoy!

License

MIT. See LICENSE.