Say something in a Slack channel without being there.

standup

#!/bin/sh
#
# Say something in a slack channel.
#
# Usage:
#
#    standup 't: doing a thing'
#
# Finding Values:
#
# Use the API docs to find values that you need:
#
# * Token: https://api.slack.com/web
# * Channel ids: https://api.slack.com/methods/channels.list/test
#
# Other needed variables:
#
# `icon_url` is a URL for an icon image, such as a Gravatar.
# `username` the username of the user posting the message
#
curl -X POST https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage \
     --data-urlencode "text=$@" \
     -d token=$SLACK_TOKEN \
     -d channel=$SLACK_CHANNEL_ID \
     -d username=$SLACK_USERNAME \
     -d icon_url=$SLACK_ICON_URL \
     -d pretty=1