//Post a message using simple strings
public void PostMessage(string text, string username = null, string channel = null)
{
SlackPayload payload = new SlackPayload()
{
Channel = channel,
Username = username,
Text = text
};
SendMessage(payload);
}
private void SendMessage(SlackPayload payload)
{
string payloadJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(payload);
using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
{
NameValueCollection data = new NameValueCollection();
data["payload"] = payloadJson;
var response = client.UploadValues(_uri, "POST", data);
//The response text is usually "ok"
string responseText = _encoding.GetString(response);
}
}