discord.send() function

The discord.send() function is a user-contributed function maintained by the package author and can be updated or removed at any time.

The discord.send() function sends a single message to a Discord channel using a Discord webhook.

*Function type: Output*

  1. import "contrib/chobbs/discord"
  3. discord.send(
  4.   webhookToken: "mySuPerSecRetTokEn",
  5.   webhookID: "123456789",
  6.   username: "username",
  7.   content: "This is an example message",
  8.   avatar_url: "https://example.com/avatar_pic.jpg"
  9. )

Parameters

webhookToken

Discord webhook token.

*Data type: String*

webhookID

Discord webhook ID.

*Data type: String*

username

Override the Discord webhook’s default username.

*Data type: String*

content

Message to send to Discord (2000 character limit).

*Data type: String*

avatar_url

Override the Discord webhook’s default avatar.

*Data type: String*

Examples

Send the last reported status to Discord
  1. import "contrib/chobbs/discord"
  2. import "influxdata/influxdb/secrets"
  4. token = secrets.get(key: "DISCORD_TOKEN")
  6. lastReported =
  7.   from(bucket: "example-bucket")
  8.     |> range(start: -1m)
  9.     |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == "statuses")
  10.     |> last()
  11.     |> findRecord(fn: (key) => true, idx: 0)
  13. discord.send(
  14.   webhookToken:token,
  15.   webhookID: "1234567890",
  16.   username: "chobbs",
  17.   content: "The current status is \"${lastReported.status}\".",
  18.   avatar_url: "https://staff-photos.net/pic.jpg"
  19. )

Package author and maintainer

Github: @chobbs
InfluxDB Slack: @craig