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cjrasmussen/slack-api
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Simple helper for interacting with Slack's API

1.1.0(1y ago)01741MITPHPPHP >=7.4.0

Since Sep 14Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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SlackApi
========

[](#slackapi)

Simple class for making requests to the Slack API or Slack Webhooks. Not affiliated with Slack.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use cjrasmussen\SlackApi\SlackApi;

// INVITE A USER TO A CHANNEL
$slack = new SlackApi($token);

$args = [
    'channel' => 'C1234567',
    'member' => 'U9876543',
];
$slack->request('POST', 'conversations.invite', $args);

// SEND A MESSAGE VIA A SLACK WEBHOOK
$msg = [
    'text' => 'Message text',
];
$response = (new SlackApi($webhook_url))->sendMessage($msg);
```

More Examples
-------------

[](#more-examples)

More examples, as well as other things I've learned using the Slack API, are [available at my blog](https://cjr.dev/?s=Slack).

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Simply add a dependency on cjrasmussen/slack-api to your composer.json file if you use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to manage the dependencies of your project:

```
composer require cjrasmussen/slack-api
```

Although it's recommended to use Composer, you can actually include the file(s) any way you want.

License
-------

[](#license)

SlackApi is [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) licensed.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance32

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~346 days

Total

5

Last Release

683d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0PHP >=7.1.0

1.1.0PHP >=7.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0225f44837a665c8a143afa50a34a406a769c523dba31e4cdf73fd0530dede45?d=identicon)[cjrasmussen](/maintainers/cjrasmussen)

---

Top Contributors

[![cjrasmussen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15007730?v=4)](https://github.com/cjrasmussen "cjrasmussen (7 commits)")

---

Tags

slack

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