Github Actions - Sending Notifications to Slack

This is about sending notifications to Slack Channel via using Github Actions pipeline.

Link to Github Market Place -> Github Action

Usage

• In the below stated example, separate job for Notifications has been created which will send the notification to the SLACK CHANNEL irrespective of the build job status.
• Message to be sent can be customised as per the need, you can include other properties as well using Github Contexts.
• In order to use this, all you need is to create a Web-hook in your Slack Channel, follow this link for info about creating a one.
• Once you have created the web-hook, just add the Web-hook Address in secrets and utilise in your Action File in this manner ${{ secrets.SECRET_NAME }}.

Usage

• In the below stated example, separate job for Notifications has been created which will send the notification to the SLACK CHANNEL irrespective of the build job status.
• Message to be sent can be customised as per the need, you can include other properties as well using Github Contexts.
• In order to use this, all you need is to create a Web-hook in your Slack Channel, follow this link for info about creating a one.
• Once you have created the web-hook, just add the Web-hook Address in secrets and utilise in your Action File in this manner ${{ secrets.SECRET_NAME }}.

• Sample Usage

    name: Pipeline Name
  
    on:
    push:
        branches: [ branch_name ]
    pull_request:
        branches: [ branch_name ]
    jobs:
  
    build:
        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
        steps:
        - name: Demo Step
          run: docker push ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:$GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER
    notify:
        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
        if: always()
        needs: build
        steps:
        - name: Send a Notification
            id: notify
            uses: thechetantalwar/slack-notify@v2
            with:
            slack_webhook_url: ${{ secrets.SLACK_HOOK }}
            message: "Github Action Build Number ${{ github.run_number }} Completed for ${{ github.repository }} and the outcome is  ${{ needs.build.result }}."
  

• The above stated sample will send a message like below