Create Slack Channel

package inner

import (

	"errors"

	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"

	"github.com/slack-go/slack"

)

// creates a new external channel in slack and returns the channel ID

// requires a token, channel name, and privacy setting for the channel as input

func main(token string, channelName string, private bool) (interface{}, error) {

	if channelName == "" {

		return nil, errors.New("no channel name provided, skipping channel creation")

	}

	log.Info().Str("channel", channelName).Bool("private", private).Msg("creating new channel")

	// setup slack api

	api := slack.New(token)

	params := slack.CreateConversationParams{

		ChannelName: channelName,

		IsPrivate:   private,

	}

  // create channel

	channel, err := api.CreateConversation(params)

	if err != nil {

		return nil, err

	}

	return channel.ID, nil

}