Simple AFK script

README.md

This simple Bash function will post a short message to #afk Slack channel.

After posting the message it will wait for user interaction on which it will post a message that the user returned.

To run it:

1. generate legacy token for selected workspace
2. add it to declaration of TOKEN variable
3. import somewhere (eg .bash_aliases) function from afk.sh file

afk.sh

afk ()
{
  declare -r MESSAGE_RAW="${@:-"30 min"}"
  declare -r MESSAGE="$(echo "$MESSAGE_RAW" | tr '[:space:]' '+')"
  declare -r TOKEN=""

  curl "https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage?token=$TOKEN&channel=%23afk&text=$MESSAGE&as_user=true"
  echo ""

  read -p "Press any key to exit" -n 1

  curl "https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage?token=$TOKEN&channel=%23afk&text=Back&as_user=true"
  echo ""
}