slackish

Task runner with Slack integration

Usage

const slackish = require('slackish');
 
slackish.dostuff([
  slackish.clitask('rm -rf node_modules'),
  slackish.clitask('npm install'),
  slackish.post({
    text: 'Installation done!'
  })
]).catch(function(err) {
  console.log('Something in the chain failed', err);
});

API

dostuff(Array tasks)

Runs an array of task in sequence. Tasks are just functions that returns promises when invoked.

Example of task:

function task() {
  return run() {
    return Promise.resolve();
  }
}

slacker.post(Object config)

A tasks that posts messages to Slack. Please refer to: https://api.slack.com/methods/chat.postMessage for customization

slacker.clitask(String command)

Spawns a child process task. Outputs stdout and stderr of the child. Will reject task on non 0 exit codes. Example

slacker.dostuff([
  slacker.clitask('npm install')
]).catch(function(err) {
  // Some error with npm install...
});

err2mark(Error err)

Formats errors to markdown, making them appear nicer in Slack. Example:

slacker.dostuff([
  // Some failing task
]).catch(function(err) {
  slacker.post({
    text: slacker.err2mark(err);
    mrkdwn_in: ['text'], // Required to send markdown
  })();
});