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markenwerk/slack-client
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A basic Slack client library providing simple posting to Slack channels using the webhook API.

2.0.1(9y ago)0231MITPHPPHP >=5.3

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PHP Slack Client
================

[](#php-slack-client)

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A basic Slack client library providing simple posting to Slack channels using the webhook API.

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

[](#installation)

```
{
   	"require": {
        "markenwerk/slack-client": "~2.0"
    }
}

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Autoloading and namesapce

[](#autoloading-and-namesapce)

```
require_once('path/to/vendor/autoload.php');

```

### Posting to a channel or member

[](#posting-to-a-channel-or-member)

The following example will post to a Slack channel or member looking like this:

[![Slack Example Post](example-post.png "Slack Example Post")](example-post.png)

#### Setup the API client

[](#setup-the-api-client)

```
use Markenwerk\SlackClient\SlackClient;

$client = new SlackClient();
$client
	->setSubdomainName('markenwerk')
	->setToken('')
	->setUsername('PHP SlackClient');

```

#### Setup a Slack message with attachments

[](#setup-a-slack-message-with-attachments)

```
use Markenwerk\SlackClient\SlackAttachment;
use Markenwerk\SlackClient\SlackAttachmentField;
use Markenwerk\SlackClient\SlackMessage;

$message = new SlackMessage();
$message
	->setText('A basic Slack client library providing simple posting to Slack channels using the webhook API.')
	->setIconUrl('https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/5921253?v=3&s=200')
	->setUnfurlLinks(true)
	->setUnfurlMedia(true);

$attachment = new SlackAttachment();
$attachment
	->setText('A basic Slack client library providing simple posting to Slack channels using the webhook API.')
	->setPretext('A basic Slack client library.')
	->setFallback('A basic Slack client library providing simple posting to Slack channels using the webhook API.')
	->setColor(SlackAttachment::COLOR_WARNING);

$shortAttachmentField = new SlackAttachmentField();
$shortAttachmentField
	->setTitle('Short field')
	->setValue('Some chars')
	->setShort(true);

$anotherShortAttachmentField = new SlackAttachmentField();
$anotherShortAttachmentField
	->setTitle('Short field')
	->setValue('Some chars')
	->setShort(true);

$attachmentField = new SlackAttachmentField();
$attachmentField
	->setTitle('Regular field')
	->setValue('Some more chars')
	->setShort(false);

$anotherAttachmentField = new SlackAttachmentField();
$anotherAttachmentField
	->setTitle('Regular field')
	->setValue('Some more chars')
	->setShort(false);

$attachment
	->addField($shortAttachmentField)
	->addField($anotherShortAttachmentField)
	->addField($attachmentField)
	->addField($anotherAttachmentField);

$message->addAttachment($attachment);

```

#### Post to a channel

[](#post-to-a-channel)

```
$client->postToChannel('#channel', $message);

```

#### Post to a member

[](#post-to-a-member)

```
$client->postToMember('@member', $message);

```

---

Exception handling
------------------

[](#exception-handling)

PHP Basic HTTP Client provides different exceptions – also provided by the PHP Common Exceptions project – for proper handling.
You can find more information about [PHP Common Exceptions at Github](https://github.com/markenwerk/php-common-exceptions).

### Exceptions to be expected

[](#exceptions-to-be-expected)

In general you should expect that any setter method could thrown an `\InvalidArgumentException`. The following exceptions could get thrown while using PHP Slack Client.

- `Markenwerk\CommonException\ParserException\StringifyException` on posting to Slack
- `Markenwerk\CommonException\NetworkException\UnexpectedResponseException` on posting to Slack
- `Markenwerk\CommonException\NetworkException\ConnectionTimeoutException` on posting to Slack
- `Markenwerk\CommonException\NetworkException\CurlException` on posting to Slack

---

Contribution
------------

[](#contribution)

Contributing to our projects is always very appreciated.
**But: please follow the contribution guidelines written down in the [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/markenwerk/php-slack-client/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) document.**

License
-------

[](#license)

PHP Slack Client is under the MIT license.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

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 ~24 days

Total

4

Last Release

3636d ago

Major Versions

0.0.1 → 1.0.02016-05-03

1.0.0 → 2.0.02016-07-11

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5921241?v=4)[Martin Brecht-Precht](/maintainers/bonscho)[@Bonscho](https://github.com/Bonscho)

---

Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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