# Created by sarathkaul on 12/11/19
import requests
def send_slack_message(message_body: str, slack_url: str) -> None:
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
response = requests.post(slack_url, json={"text": message_body}, headers=headers)
if response.status_code != 200:
msg = (
"Request to slack returned an error "
f"{response.status_code}, the response is:\n{response.text}"
)
raise ValueError(msg)
if __name__ == "__main__":
# Set the slack url to the one provided by Slack when you create the webhook at
# https://my.slack.com/services/new/incoming-webhook/
send_slack_message("<YOUR MESSAGE BODY>", "<SLACK CHANNEL URL>")