Slack Status Automatization

Readme.md

1. Copy this Zap into your Zapier account and connect your Slack account: https://zapier.com/shared/532ac667d67cd8fceefccc83cc2169488679056d
2. Copy both files above into your Mac's $HOME/Library/LaunchAgents
3. Replace the hoook URL in slackstatus.sh with the hook URL you get from Zapier, and replace [OFFICE NETWORK SSID] with your office's network SSID. Also update status emojis and text as you see fit
4. Replace [USERNAME] in local.slackstatus.plist with your user account name
5. Run launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/local.slackstatus.plist
6. ???
7. Profit

local.slackstatus.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"  "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>local.slackstatus</string>

  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
  <string>/Users/[USERNAME]/Library/LaunchAgents/slackstatus.sh</string>
  </array>

  <key>WatchPaths</key>
  <array>
    <string>/etc/resolv.conf</string>
    <string>/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist</string>
    <string>/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.airport.preferences.plist</string>
  </array>

  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
  <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

slackstatus.sh

#!/bin/bash
while [ `date +%H` -gt 17 ] && [ `date +%H` -lt 8 ]
do
sleep 900
done

ssid=`/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -I | awk '/ SSID/ {print substr($0, index($0, $2))}'`

if [ "$ssid" == "[OFFICE NETWORK SSID]" ]; then
    # set status to 'In the office'
    curl -X POST --data '{"emoji": ":office:", "text": "HK2"}' https://hooks.zapier.com/hooks/catch/[HOOK_URL]
else
    # set status to 'Working remotely'
    curl -X POST --data '{"emoji": ":house_with_garden:", "text": "WFH"}' https://hooks.zapier.com/hooks/catch/[HOOK_URL]
fi