Send slack messages on /newLink

.env

@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ GO_EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=
 GO_EMAIL_FROM=
 GO_EMAIL_TO=
 GO_SECRET_KEY=spookyspecret
+GO_SLACK_URL=
 superuser=zwood2

go/go/utils.py

+import requests
+from django.conf import settings
+import logging
+import sys
+import functools
+from threading import Thread
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+def build_msg(request):
+    target = request.POST['target']
+    short = f'go.gmu.edu/{request.POST["short"]}'
+    return f'Short: {short}\nTarget: {target}'
+
+def send_slack_message(msg):
+    # Send slack message
+    slack_url = settings.SLACK_URL 
+    Thread(target=requests.post, args=(slack_url,), kwargs={ 'json': { 'text': msg }}).start()

go/go/views.py

@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ from django.utils import timezone
 
 # Other imports
 from ratelimit.decorators import ratelimit
+import requests
 
 # App Imports
 from .forms import URLForm, EditForm
 from .models import URL, RegisteredUser
+from .utils import build_msg, send_slack_message
 
 def index(request):
     """
@@ -88,6 +90,9 @@ def _new_link_post(request):
     # Call our post method to assemble our new URL object
     res = post(request, url_form)
 
+    if settings.SLACK_URL:
+        send_slack_message(build_msg(request))
+
     # If there is a 500 error returned, handle it
     if res == 500:
         return HttpResponseServerError(render(request, '500.html'))

go/settings/settings.py

@@ -193,3 +193,5 @@ EMAIL_TO = os.environ["GO_EMAIL_TO"]
 # Domain used to email to users. See implementation in views.py
 # ie. '@gmu.edu'
 EMAIL_DOMAIN = os.environ["GO_EMAIL_DOMAIN"]
+
+SLACK_URL = os.environ.get("GO_SLACK_URL", "")