Slack Integration Spring Boot Application

Overview

This project is a Spring Boot application designed to send messages to a Slack channel using Slack's Incoming Webhooks. The application provides a REST endpoint to accept a message and send it to a predefined Slack channel.

Table of Contents

• Objective
• Features
• Running the Application
• Project Structure
• Testing

Objective

The main objective of this project is to create a Spring Boot application that sends messages to a Slack channel via Slack's Incoming Webhooks.

Features

• REST endpoint /sendSlackMessage to accept POST requests with JSON payloads.
• Integration with Slack using Incoming Webhooks.
• Configuration of Slack webhook URL via application properties.
• Unit and integration tests for the service and endpoint.

Running the Application

1. Build and Run the Application:

   • Use Maven to clean, install, and run the application.
   • Use IDE of your choice preferaably IntelliJ or Eclipse.

2. Test the Application:

   • You can use these links to test it on my Slack channel:
     • Slack Channel Link: Slack Channel
     • Webhook Link: (Already mentioned in the code)

3. Use Your Own Webhook:

   • Alternatively, you can use your own webhook and run it in your own Slack channel.
   • To do this, set up a Slack Incoming Webhook and get the webhook URL.
   • Update the application.properties or application.yml file in the src/main/resources directory with your Slack webhook URL.

4. Use a Tool like Postman:

• Use a tool like Postman to send a POST request to http://localhost:8080/sendSlackMessage with a JSON payload containing the message you want to send.

5. All the main code files are under src/main/java/com/example/slackinteg

Testing

The application includes unit tests and integration tests to ensure functionality.

• Unit Tests:

  • Located in the src/test/java/com/example/slackintegration/SlackServiceTest.java.

• Integration Tests:

  • Located in the src/test/java/com/example/slackintegration/SlackControllerTest.java.

To run the tests, use Maven to execute the test phase.