slack-table

generates slack markdown text which looks like table

install

npm install slack-table

usage

import slackTable from 'slack-table';
 
const table = slackTable({
    title: 'Marketing Summary',
    columns: [
        { width: 20, title: 'Campaign', dataIndex: 'campaign' },
        { width: 10, title: 'Install', dataIndex: 'install', align: 'right' },
        { width: 12, title: 'Cost', dataIndex: 'cost', align: 'right' },
    ],
    dataSource: [
        '-',
        { campaign: 'Google CPC', install: '12', cost: '$ 400' },
        { campaign: 'Facebook CPC', install: '3', cost: '$ 60' },
        { campaign: 'Youtube Video', install: '131', cost: '$ 1,230' },
        '-',
        { campaign: 'Total', install: '146', cost: '$ 1,690' },
    ],
});

When I build a slack slash command, I wanted to format the command results look like table. However, I could not find a simple way to do that, and decided to build a table-like view using code. Use the result string in slack markdown text, and you can get the following view.

Warning: CJK characters will break the table layout