itron/slackest

Simple Slack integration for sending messages and attachments via bot token.

dev-master 2025-12-01 18:24 UTC

Requires

• php: >=7.4
• ext-curl: *
• ext-json: *

MIT

README

Simple Slack integration (PHP) for sending messages to a channel and optionally attaching files.

Installation

composer require itron/slackest

Composer will install the library and register the PSR-4 autoloader for the iTRON\\Slackest namespace.

Usage

<?php

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use iTRON\Slackest\Slackest;

$botToken  = 'xoxb-your-bot-token';
$channelId = 'C12345678';
$slack     = new Slackest($botToken, $channelId);

// Send a plain text message
$slack->send('Hello from Slackest!');

// Send a message with a file attachment
$slack->send('Here is a file', __DIR__ . '/report.pdf');

// Or just upload a file without a message
$slack->sendFile( filePath: __DIR__ . '/report.pdf' );

Requirements

• PHP 7.4 or newer
• cURL extension
• JSON extension
• A Slack bot token with permissions to post messages and upload files.