action.yml

name: "slack-send"
description: "Publish a message in a channel or send a JSON payload to the Slack Workflow Builder"
inputs:
  channel-id: # channel id to post message when using bot token
    description: "Slack channel ID where message will be posted. Needed if using bot token"
    required: false
  slack-message: # message to post when using bot token
    description: "Message to post into Slack. Needed if using bot token"
    required: false
  payload: # JSON payload to send to Slack via webhook
    description: "JSON payload to send to Slack if webhook route. If not supplied, json from GitHub event will be sent instead"
    required: false
  update-ts: # The timestamp of a previous message posted to update it instead of posting a new message
    description: "The timestamp of a previous message posted. It will update the existing message instead of posting a new message"
    required: false
outputs:
  time: # id of output
    description: "The time"
  thread_ts: # threaded timestamp on the message that was posted when using bot token
    description: "The timestamp on the message that was posted into Slack when using bot token"
  ts: # timestamp of message posted
    description: "The timestamp on the message that was posted into Slack when using bot token"
  channel_id: # Id of the channel. If channel name was used as input we can get ID from output for later use when updating message or posting to thread.
    description: "The channel id of the message that was posted into Slack when using bot token"
runs:
  using: "node16"
  main: "dist/index.js"