slack_attachments.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from __future__ import print_function

import json

import requests

SLACK_API = 'https://slack.com/api/'
SLACK_API_METHOD = 'chat.postMessage'
SLACK_TOKEN = 'YOUR_TOKEN'
SLACK_CHANNEL = '#YOUR_CHANNEL'
SLACK_ICON_URL = 'http://YOUR_ICON_URL'


def main():
    response = requests.post(SLACK_API + SLACK_API_METHOD, data={
        'token': SLACK_TOKEN,
        'channel': SLACK_CHANNEL,
        'icon_url': SLACK_ICON_URL,
        'username': 'Datadog',
        "attachments": json.dumps([
            {
                "fallback": "Network traffic (kb/s): How does this look? @slack-ops - Sent by Julie Dodd - https://datadog.com/path/to/event",
                "title": "Network traffic (kb/s)",
                "title_link": "https://datadog.com/path/to/event",
                "text": "How does this look? @slack-ops - Sent by Julie Dodd",
                "image_url": "https://datadoghq.com/snapshot/path/to/snapshot.png",
                "color": "#764FA5"
            }
        ])
    }).json()
    print(response)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()