Slack Progress Bar

An async progress bar to animate long running processes.

Update messages via chat

Uses WebClient chat methods postMessage and update

{
  "text": "TeamCity Progress ",
  "attachments": [
    {
      "text": "50% ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜"
    }
  ]
}

References and prior art

• https://api.slack.com/methods/chat.update
• https://api.slack.com/methods/chat.postMessage
• https://github.com/bcicen/slack-progress
• https://github.com/sfreiberg/progress/blob/master/progress.go
• https://api.slack.com/docs/messages/builder

Slack Authentication

• https://api.slack.com/apps/ADERH9Y6P?created=1
• https://api.slack.com/apps/ADERH9Y6P/oauth?success=1