msarmadi/slack-gitlab-mr-reminder

Send slack reminders for overdue gitlab merge requests

slack-gitlab-mr-reminder

Docker image

This node module can be used to send slack reminders for overdue gitlab merge requests. The criteria for this can be configured, but default is that:

• WIP merge requests not updated for longer than 7 day.
• Normal merge requests not updated for longer than 0 day (24 hours).

Installation

npm install @zekker6/slack-gitlab-mr-reminder

Example - running as an application

Install the module globally

npm install -g @zekker6/slack-gitlab-mr-reminder

Call slack-gitlab-mr-reminder with a suitable yml config, gitlab access token and slack webhook. See example.yml for an example of config.

GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN='...' SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL='...' slack-gitlab-mr-reminder examples/config.yml

This will only run once and send a reminder. You will likely want to run this everyday for which a cron would be suitable:

0 9 * * * GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN='...' SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL='...' slack-gitlab-mr-reminder /absolute/path/to/config.yml

This will send out reminders every day at 9AM

Example - module

You may use the functionality as a module:

var SlackGitlabMRReminder = require('slack-gitlab-mr-reminder');

const reminder = new SlackGitlabMRReminder({
  mr: {
    wip_mr_days_threshold: 7,
    normal_mr_days_threshold: Infinity,
  },
  slack: {
    webhook_url: 'https://hooks.slack.com/services/...',
    channel: 'merge-requests',
  },
  gitlab: {
    access_token: '...',
    group: 'mygroup'
  }
});

reminder.remind();

Example - docker

Launch with cron

# To configure via config file
docker run -v config.yml:/opt/config.yml --rm zekker6/slack-gitlab-mr-reminder:{TAG}

# Configuration via env parameters
docker run -e ... --rm zekker6/slack-gitlab-mr-reminder:{TAG}

One-time start

docker run --rm zekker6/slack-gitlab-mr-reminder:{TAG} remind

Supported env variables:

Var	Default	Description
REMINDER_CRON_SCHEDULE	'* * * * *'	Cron expression to configure reminder starts
REMINDER_CONFIG_PATH	/opt/config.yml	Path to mounted config file
GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN	None	Gitlab access token
GITLAB_GROUP	None	Gitlab group name
GITLAB_EXTERNAL_URL	None	Gitlab installation url
GITLAB_WIP_MR_DAYS_THRESHOLD	7	Value in days representing threshold of notifying about stale MR
GITLAB_NORMAL_MR_DAYS_THRESHOLD	0	Value in days representing threshold of notifying about stale MR
SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL	None	Slack webhook to send notifications
SLACK_CHANNEL	None	Slack channel name

Options

• gitlab.group - The name of the group to watch for merge requests - Required

• gitlab.external_url - The url of the gitlab installation - Defaults to https://gitlab.com (the public gitlab)

• slack.channel - The slack channel to post to - Required

• slack.name - Name of the slack poster - Defaults to GitLab Reminder

• slack.message - Message to send at the top of the slack message - Defaults to Merge requests are overdue:

It is possible to run app by using either config file or env variables. Browse examples in examples folder: here