Allow threading for the ack and result messages for the slack backend

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ in development
 * Use Github Actions for tests.
 * Remove TravisCI.
 
+0.12.1
+------
+
+* Allow responding in a thread for the ack/result in slack (improvement) #237
+
 0.12.0
 ------
 

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "hubot-stackstorm",
   "description": "A hubot plugin for integrating with StackStorm event-driven infrastructure automation platform.",
-  "version": "0.12.0",
+  "version": "0.12.1",
   "author": "StackStorm, Inc. <info@stackstorm.com>",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "keywords": [

src/lib/adapters/slack.js

@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ SlackAdapter.prototype.postData = function(data) {
     };
   }
 
+  //If extra.slack.thread_response is set, we will send the response in a thread (SLACK ONLY)
+  if (data.extra && data.extra.slack && data.extra.slack.thread_response) {
+    envelope.message = {"thread_ts": data.context.message.id};
+  }
+
   // Allow packs to specify arbitrary keys
   if (data.extra && data.extra.slack && data.extra.slack.attachments) {
     // Action:

src/lib/stackstorm_api.js

@@ -331,6 +331,12 @@ StackStorm.prototype.sendAck = function (msg, res) {
     }
   }
 
+  // If ack.extra.slack.thread_response is set in the action-alias definition,
+  // then we will thread the ACK response message (SLACK ONLY)
+  if (res.extra && res.extra.slack && res.extra.slack.thread_response) {
+    msg.message.thread_ts = msg.message.id;
+  }
+
   if (res.message) {
     return msg.send(res.message + history);
   }