slack component

Author: SeanPreusse

app/page.tsx

@@ -4,20 +4,8 @@ import { postsPerPage } from "@/site";
 import Feed from "@/components/Feed";
 import HeroSection from "../components/HeroSection";
 import axios, { AxiosResponse } from 'axios';
+import { sendSlackMessage } from "@/functions/sendSlackMessage";
 
-interface SlackMessage {
-  text: string;
-}
-
-const sendSlackMessage = async (message: SlackMessage): Promise<AxiosResponse> => {
-  const slackWebhookUrl = process.env.SLACK_WEBHOOK;
-
-  if (!slackWebhookUrl) {
-    throw new Error('Slack webhook URL is not defined.');
-  }
-
-  return await axios.post(slackWebhookUrl, message);
-};
 
 const HomePage = async ({
   searchParams,
@@ -28,7 +16,7 @@ const HomePage = async ({
   const publishedPosts: Article[] = await getAllPosts();
 
   // Send a message to Slack when the page is accessed
-  const message: SlackMessage = {
+  const message = {
     text: `Someone visited the homepage! Page: ${page}`,
   };
 

functions/sendSlackMessage.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// slackUtils.ts
+
+import axios, { AxiosResponse } from 'axios';
+
+interface SlackMessage {
+  text: string;
+}
+
+export const sendSlackMessage = async (message: SlackMessage): Promise<AxiosResponse | void> => {
+  const slackWebhookUrl = process.env.SLACK_WEBHOOK;
+
+  if (!slackWebhookUrl) {
+    console.error('Slack webhook URL is not defined.');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const response = await axios.post(slackWebhookUrl, message);
+    return response;
+  } catch (error: unknown) {
+    if (error instanceof Error) {
+      console.error('Error sending Slack message:', error.message);
+      // Handle the error as needed
+    } else {
+      console.error('An unexpected error occurred:', error);
+      // Handle other types of errors or log them
+    }
+  }
+};