C-Sharp-Slack-Integration

A barebones way of sending messages as a Slack Bot in C-Sharp.

• Usage
• Building
• Using a different Framework
• I am a Noob (Contribute)

Usage

Adding the Reference

Grab a DLL, whether it is a precompiled one found in releases or one built manually.

You can add the module to your project in Visual Studio by right-clicking on the References in the solution explorer, clicking Add Reference, and adding a new reference to SlackIntegration.dll where you have it stored.

Using the Module

using SlackIntegration;

namespace Example
{
    public class ExampleClass
    {
		// Create a new, empty SlackBot 
        readonly SlackBot TestBot = new SlackBot();
		
		// Store the webhooks URL that your Slack Bot uses to interface with a workspace channel
        readonly string ChannelURL = "https://hooks.slack.com/services/Your/Web-Hooks-URL";

        public void Main()
        {
            // int Slackbot.Send(string url, string data) -> int statuscode
            Bot.Send(ChannelURL, "Hello World!");
        }
    }
}

Building

First, clone the source then navigate into it.

clone https://github.com/ethanavatar/C-Sharp-Slack-Integration.git
cd C-Sharp-Slack-Integration

Then build using:

dotnet build

Then dll will be stored in bin/Debug/<framework>/SlackIntegration.dll

Using a different Framework

The provided precompiled versions are built using .NET Standard 2.0 which should work in most cases nowadays. However, it may not work if your project is targeting a version of .NET Standard or .NET Core older than 2.0, or .NET Framework older than 4.6.1 (among others that havent been tested). In these cases you can build using a different target framework.

Open the SlackIntegration.csproj file and change the value of <TargetFramework> from netstandard2.0 to a different valid framework version. See here for a list of valid framework versions. Not all versions within the previously stated "rule of thumb" have been tested. Some may require modifications and/or external toolkits in order to build properly.

For example, to build using .NET Framework 4.7.1, SlackIntegration.csproj should look like this:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

</Project>

Contribute

I am still relatively new to C-Sharp so contributions are greatly appreciated, as I will likely learn a lot from any critisism there might be. Despite it being a small project, I will try to make it as easy and useful as possible in the name of experience, and every piece of input counts.