The slack component allows you to connect to an instance of Slack and delivers a message contained in the message body via a pre established Slack incoming webhook.
To send a message to a channel.
slack:#channel[?options]
To send a direct message to a slackuser.
slack:@username[?options]
The Slack component only supports producer endpoints so you cannot use this component at the beginning of a route to listen to messages in a channel.
These options will
Option | Example | Description |
---|---|---|
username | username=CamelUser | This is the username that the bot will have when sending messages to a channel or user. |
iconUrl | iconUrl=http://somehost.com/avatar.gif | The avatar that the component will use when sending message to a channel or user. |
iconEmoji | iconEmoji=:camel: | Use a Slack emoji as an avatar |
The SlackComponent must be configured as a Spring or Blueprint bean that contains the incoming webhook url for the integration as a parameter.
<bean id="slack" class="org.apache.camel.component.SlackComponent"> <property name="webhookUrl" value="https://hooks.slack.com/services/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"/> </bean>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <blueprint xmlns="http://www.osgi.org/xmlns/blueprint/v1.0.0" default-activation="lazy"> <bean id="slack" class="org.apache.camel.component.SlackComponent"> <property name="webhookUrl" value="https://hooks.slack.com/services/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"/> </bean> <camelContext xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/blueprint"> <route> <from uri="direct:test"/> <to uri="slack:#channel?iconEmoji=:camel:&username=CamelTest"/> </route> </camelContext> </blueprint>