This is a simple Go application which will actively monitor your Slack channels, and send you a notification in the event that a new channel is created.
It's currently written in such a way that it would use your user API token in Slack to monitor the channels which are available to you, and notify you when a new one is created/un-archived.
Configuration is achieved through environment variables, there are a few items which are configurable:
- SLACK_AUTH_TOKEN - Your Slack API authentication token. For more information on creating this, check Slack's documentation. (Required)
- SLACK_AUTO_JOIN_CHANNEL - Specify if this app should automatically join the new channels it finds using the defined credentials
- SLACK_CHANNEL - Destination channel for notifications. It's highly
- SLACK_CHECK_INTERVAL (seconds) - Define the frequency at which the app
will poll for channel changes. (Default: 300)
recommended to use the channel identifier rather than the channel name, in
case of the event that the channel name should change. (Default:
@slackbot)
Install and run on your local host (this assumes the Go bin directory is in your PATH):
go get github.com/nathandines/slack-channelwatcher
SLACK_AUTH_TOKEN='<slack_token_here>' slack-channelwatcher
Run in Docker:
docker run -e 'SLACK_AUTH_TOKEN=<slack_token_here>' nathandines/slack-channelwatcher:latest