azure-function-slack-web-api

This repo demonstrates a problem with slack/web-api 7.8.0 when running in an azure function.

UPDATE: This issue has been solved by adding the User-Agent header when instantiating the slack WebClient as described in this comment

Create supporting azure resources for the function

1. Login to azure

az login

2. Copy the .env-sample file to .env and edit as needed
3. Run the scripts/create-azure-resources.sh script

Tets the function locally

Get the $AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT connection string and set it as the value of AzureWebJobsStorage in the local.settings.json file.
Start the vscode debugger Attach to Node Functions.

Hit the local URL with your web browser. Observe the slack message is sent to the channel.

Deploy the function

func azure functionapp publish $AZURE_FUNCTION_APP

Hit the local URL with your web browser. Observe the slack message is not sent to the channel.