Sending JSON to Slack in a HTTP POST request

Question

I\'m trying to send a message using Slack\'s chat.postMessage API call. I have no problems encoding my test messages within HTTP GET, but I\'m trying to achieve the same res

Answer 1

As of March 2018, Slack now supports POST with JSON body

Endpoint: https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage

Headers: Authorization: Bearer xoxp-your-hardly-find-token-here

Body: {"channel":"CH9NN37","text":"something from me!"}

Notice the Bearer in the Authorization header.