SlackLink
I created this app because it was not possible to post markdown style links like this Link to Google in Slack.
If you host this app and configure it for your workspace you will be able to use the following format <https://www.google.com|Link to Google>
in messages prefixed with the /mdl slash command. You can customize this command when creating the SlackApp but I am using it from here on out for simplicity.
Gotchas
Slash commands like /mdl currently don't work in threads. A potential alternative would have been to use Slack Events to read all messages and rewriting them in case a link was detected. However, I don't think that this is an elegant solution
and very much prefer this limitation.
Installation
Create a Slack App for your Workspace
TBD - Information about creating the Slack App and the info we need for the heroku setup.
Host this code on Heroku
TBD - Information about deploying to heroku incl. redis addon and environment vars
Usage
Formatting links
You can send a message with formatted links as such
/mdl @channel, checkout my message with a cool <https://www.google.com|link to Google>.
which will show up similar to this:
@channel checkout my message with a cool link to Google.
Authentication
The first time you are using /mdl or the command you configured, it will ask you to authenticate with the app. This is necessary so that we can post a message back to the app as your user.
Development
TBD - Information about using --experimental-modules and nodemon or heroku local web