slackpost

#!/bin/bash

# Usage: slackpost <message>

# Enter the name of your slack host here - the thing that appears in your URL:
# https://slackhost.slack.com/
webhook=PUT_YOUR_HOST_HERE

shift

text=$*

if [[ $text == "" ]]
then
        echo "No text specified"
        exit 1
fi

escapedText=$(echo $text | sed 's/"/\"/g' | sed "s/'/\'/g" )
json="{\"text\": \"$escapedText\"}"

curl -s -d "payload=$json" "$webhook"