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Send a message to a Discord channel from Val Town. It's useful for notifying your team or community when someone interesting happens, like a user signup, Stripe payment, mention on social media, etc.
@stevekrouse.discordWebhook({
url: @me.secrets.discordWebhook,
content: "Hi from val town!",
});
Example val: https://www.val.town/v/stevekrouse.discordWebhookEx
Follow the instructions here: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/228383668-Intro-to-Webhooks
It really only takes 2 minutes.
Paste it into your secrets as discordWebhook.
export const discordWebhookEx = @stevekrouse.discordWebhook({
url: @me.secrets.discordWebhook,
content: "Hi from val town!",
});
Example val: https://www.val.town/v/stevekrouse.discordWebhookEx
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import { fetchText } from "https://esm.town/v/stevekrouse/fetchText?v=5"; // pin to proxied fetch
export const discordWebhook = async ({
url,
content,
}: {
url: string;
content: string;
}) => {
const text = await fetchText(url, {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({ content: content.slice(0, 2000) }),
});
if (text.length) throw Error("Discord Webhook error: " + text);
};
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