Public/Send-SlackMsg.ps1

Function Send-SlackMsg {
    <#
        .SYNOPSIS
            Sends simple message responses via the RTM API
 
        .DESCRIPTION
            Used for sending Slack Messages through the WebSocket that is established by Invoke-SlackBot.
 
        .PARAMETER Text
            The message text string to be sent.
 
        .PARAMETER Channel
            The name or ID of the channel to send the message to.
 
        .PARAMETER ID
            A unique ID for the message. The current datetime's tick is used by default.
 
        .PARAMETER Timeout
            The number of seconds before sending the message should timeout.
 
        .EXAMPLE
            Send-SlackMsg -Text 'Hello!' -Channel 12345
 
            Sends the specified text to the specified channel.
 
        .EXAMPLE
            Send-SlackMsg -Text 'Goodbye!' -Channel 12345 -ID 1 -Timeout 10
 
            Sends the specified text to the specified channel with specified ID and timeout settings.
    #>
 
    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [string]$Text,
        
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        $Channel,
        
        $ID = (get-date).ticks,

        $Timeout = 30
    )
    
    If (!($WS -is [System.Net.WebSockets.ClientWebSocket])) {
        Write-Log  -Level Error 'A WebSocket to Slack is not open via $WS.' -Path $LogPath
        Return
    }

    $Prop = @{'id' = $ID;
        'type'     = 'message';
        'text'     = $Text;
        'channel'  = $Channel
    }
            
    $Msg = (New-Object –TypeName PSObject –Prop $Prop) | ConvertTo-Json
            
    $Array = @()
    $Encoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8
    $Array = $Encoding.GetBytes($Msg)
           
    $Msg = New-Object System.ArraySegment[byte]  -ArgumentList @(, $Array)

    $Conn = $WS.SendAsync($Msg, [System.Net.WebSockets.WebSocketMessageType]::Text, [System.Boolean]::TrueString, $CT)
    $ConnStart = Get-Date

    While (!$Conn.IsCompleted) { 
        $TimeTaken = ((get-date) - $ConnStart).Seconds
        If ($TimeTaken -gt $Timeout) {
            Write-Log -Level Error "Message $ID took longer than $Timeout seconds and may not have been sent." -Path $LogPath
            Return
        }
        Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 100 
    }
   
}