Step Template HowTo - Post Announcement to Yammer

Hey Guys,

If anyone would like to Post an Announcement to Yammer during or at the end of a Release the following sample Step Template may be helpful.

It would be nice if the guys at Octopus could add this to the default offering.

Step Template

{
  "Id": "ActionTemplates-29",
  "Name": "e5 - Post Annnouncement to Yammer",
  "Description": null,
  "ActionType": "Octopus.Script",
  "Version": 69,
  "CommunityActionTemplateId": null,
  "Properties": {
    "Octopus.Action.Script.Syntax": "PowerShell",
    "Octopus.Action.Script.ScriptSource": "Inline",
    "Octopus.Action.RunOnServer": "false",
    "Octopus.Action.Script.ScriptBody": "$uri = \"https://www.yammer.com/api/v1/messages.json\"\r\n$YammerToken = $OctopusParameters['Yammer.Token']\r\n$YammerBody = $OctopusParameters['Yammer.Body']\r\n$YammerGroupId = $OctopusParameters['Yammer.GroupId']\r\n$YammerTitle = $OctopusParameters['Yammer.Title']\r\n\r\n$Payloadjson = '{\"body\":' + '\"' + $YammerBody  + '\"' + ', \"group_id\": ' + $YammerGroupId + ', \"is_rich_text\":\"true\", \"message_type\":\"announcement\", \"title\":' + '\"' + $YammerTitle  + '\"' + '}'\r\n\r\n$headers = New-Object \"System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]\"\r\n$headers.Add(\"Accept\", '*/*')\r\n$headers.Add(\"Authorization\", 'Bearer ' + $YammerToken)\r\n$headers.Add(\"accept-encoding\", 'gzip') \r\n$headers.Add(\"content-type\", 'application/json') \r\n \r\nInvoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri $uri -Header $Headers -Body $Payloadjson",
    "Octopus.Action.Script.ScriptFileName": null,
    "Octopus.Action.Package.FeedId": null,
    "Octopus.Action.Package.PackageId": null
  },
  "Parameters": [
    {
      "Id": "8db527a8-0130-47fb-9494-fbcb1ba3afde",
      "Name": "Yammer.Body",
      "Label": "Yammer.Body",
      "HelpText": "Yammer Message Body",
      "DefaultValue": "<bold>Hello from Octopus Deploy</bold>",
      "DisplaySettings": {
        "Octopus.ControlType": "SingleLineText"
      },
      "Links": {}
    },
    {
      "Id": "15c6a914-ad15-41c6-b155-61b730c99194",
      "Name": "Yammer.Token",
      "Label": "Yammer.Token",
      "HelpText": "Yammer Token",
      "DefaultValue": "692512-RlA6XBgsFBVFlsl5GSmA",
      "DisplaySettings": {
        "Octopus.ControlType": "SingleLineText"
      },
      "Links": {}
    },
    {
      "Id": "54a5f987-3d06-436e-9744-6aa682dcc6b3",
      "Name": "Yammer.GroupId",
      "Label": "Yammer.GroupId",
      "HelpText": "Yammer Message GroupId",
      "DefaultValue": "13075741",
      "DisplaySettings": {
        "Octopus.ControlType": "SingleLineText"
      },
      "Links": {}
    },
    {
      "Id": "62d033e3-aea2-4344-88ce-5f97ea1d519f",
      "Name": "Yammer.Title",
      "Label": "Yammer.Title",
      "HelpText": "Yammer Title",
      "DefaultValue": "Post from Octopus Deploy",
      "DisplaySettings": {
        "Octopus.ControlType": "SingleLineText"
      },
      "Links": {}
    }
  ],
  "$Meta": {
    "ExportedAt": "2017-10-25T02:36:31.998Z",
    "OctopusVersion": "3.17.6",
    "Type": "ActionTemplate"
  }
}

I have use this step to post a Release Announcement to a particular Yammer group

Sample values for Variables

Yammer.Title Variable

#{Octopus.Project.Name} #{Octopus.Release.Number} deployed to #{Octopus.Deployment.Tenant.Name}.#{Octopus.Environment.Name}.#{Octopus.Machine.Name} - #{if Octopus.Deployment.Error}
Failed
#{/if} #{unless Octopus.Deployment.Error}
Succeeded
#{/unless}

Yammer.Body Variable

<h2>Deployment of #{Octopus.Project.Name} #{Octopus.Release.Number} to #{Octopus.Deployment.Tenant.Name}.#{Octopus.Environment.Name}.#{Octopus.Machine.Name}</h2>
<p>
  <em>Initiated by
    #{unless Octopus.Deployment.CreatedBy.DisplayName}#{Octopus.Deployment.CreatedBy.Username}#{/unless}
    #{if Octopus.Deployment.CreatedBy.DisplayName}#{Octopus.Deployment.CreatedBy.DisplayName}#{/if}
    #{if Octopus.Deployment.CreatedBy.EmailAddress} (<a href='mailto: #{Octopus.Deployment.CreatedBy.EmailAddress}'>#{Octopus.Deployment.CreatedBy.EmailAddress}</a>)#{/if}
    at #{Octopus.Deployment.Created}</em>
</p>

#{if Octopus.Deployment.Error}
<p>
<h3>Error Details</h3>
#{Octopus.Deployment.Error}
<br>
<p>#{Octopus.Deployment.ErrorDetail}</p>
</p>
#{/if}

#{if Octopus.Machine.Hostname}
<br>
<p>Goto <a href='#{e5.Anywhere.IIS.Protocol}://#{e5.Anywhere.IIS.HostNameAndPort}/swagger/index.html'>e5Anywhere Swagger index</a>
</p>
#{/if}
#{unless Octopus.Machine.Hostname}
<br>
<p>Download e5Anywhere from file://///prdbuild/c$/Octopus/Offline Package Drop/#{Octopus.Deployment.Tenant.Name}/#{Octopus.Environment.Name}/#{Octopus.Project.Name}/#{Octopus.Release.Number}</p>
#{/unless}

<p>View the <a href='https://#{Octopus.Deployment.Tenant.Name}.statuspage.io/'>release status</a>
</p>

<p>View the <a href='#{Octopus.Server.Host}#{Octopus.Web.DeploymentLink}'>detailed deployment log</a></p>