Slack Spammer

slackspammer.sh

#!/bin/bash

# need curl and jq installed

# go to https://api.slack.com/apps and create an app
# add OAuth permissions:
#  calls:write
#  channels:join
#  channels:manage
#  channels:read
#  chat:write
#  users:read

# OAuth token
OAUTH_TOKEN=xoxb-aaaaaaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

# channel name
CHANNEL=channel-name
# message to send
TEXT=test_message
#user id (obtained from https://slack.com/api/users.list?)
USER_ID=U93NGFZK5

# message channel
# JOIN_CHANNEL=$(curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $OAUTH_TOKEN" -H 'Content-type: application/json' --data '{"name": "'$CHANNEL'"}' https://slack.com/api/channels.join)
# CHANNEL_ID=$(echo $JOIN_CHANNEL | jq -r .channel.id)
# curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $OAUTH_TOKEN" -H 'Content-type: application/json' --data '{"channel": "'$CHANNEL'", "text": "'$TEXT'" }' https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage | jq .
# curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $OAUTH_TOKEN" -H 'Content-type: application/json' --data '{"channel": "'$CHANNEL_ID'"}' https://slack.com/api/channels.leave | jq .

# message person
for i in {1..10000}
do
  RANDOM_FACT=$(curl -s https://uselessfacts.jsph.pl/random.json?language=de | jq -r .text)
  TEXT="test $i"
  DATA=$(echo '{"channel": "'$USER_ID'", "text": "'Fact \#$i - $RANDOM_FACT'" }')
  MESSAGE=$(curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $OAUTH_TOKEN" -H 'Content-type: application/json' --data "$DATA" https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage)
done