Discord notifier: Add username and avatar_url (#4081)

* Feat(discord):

Allow for custom username and avatar URLs to be set in discord notifications.

Add `username` and `avatar_url` to discord configuration, default empty string.

Re-implement #3821

Signed-off-by: Jeff Wong <awole20@gmail.com>

* Test the new fields

Signed-off-by: gotjosh <josue.abreu@gmail.com>

* These are not templeatable strings

Signed-off-by: gotjosh <josue.abreu@gmail.com>

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Signed-off-by: Jeff Wong <awole20@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: gotjosh <josue.abreu@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: gotjosh <josue.abreu@gmail.com>

config/notifiers.go

@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ type DiscordConfig struct {
 	Content   string `yaml:"content,omitempty" json:"content,omitempty"`
 	Title     string `yaml:"title,omitempty" json:"title,omitempty"`
 	Message   string `yaml:"message,omitempty" json:"message,omitempty"`
+	Username  string `yaml:"username,omitempty" json:"username,omitempty"`
+	AvatarURL string `yaml:"avatar_url,omitempty" json:"avatar_url,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // UnmarshalYAML implements the yaml.Unmarshaler interface.

docs/configuration.md

@@ -886,6 +886,12 @@ webhook_url_file: <filepath>
 # Message content template. Limited to 2000 characters.
 [ content: <tmpl_string> | default = '{{ template "discord.default.content" . }}' ]
 
+# Message username.
+[ username: <string> | default = '' ]
+
+# Message avatar URL.
+[ avatar_url: <string> | default = '' ]
+
 # The HTTP client's configuration.
 [ http_config: <http_config> | default = global.http_config ]
 ```

notify/discord/discord.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	netUrl "net/url"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -78,6 +79,8 @@ func New(c *config.DiscordConfig, t *template.Template, l log.Logger, httpOpts .
 type webhook struct {
 	Content   string         `json:"content"`
 	Embeds    []webhookEmbed `json:"embeds"`
+	Username  string         `json:"username,omitempty"`
+	AvatarURL string         `json:"avatar_url,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type webhookEmbed struct {
@@ -146,6 +149,7 @@ func (n *Notifier) Notify(ctx context.Context, as ...*types.Alert) (bool, error)
 
 	w := webhook{
 		Content:  content,
+		Username: n.conf.Username,
 		Embeds: []webhookEmbed{{
 			Title:       title,
 			Description: description,
@@ -153,6 +157,14 @@ func (n *Notifier) Notify(ctx context.Context, as ...*types.Alert) (bool, error)
 		}},
 	}
 
+	if len(n.conf.AvatarURL) != 0 {
+		if _, err := netUrl.Parse(n.conf.AvatarURL); err == nil {
+			w.AvatarURL = n.conf.AvatarURL
+		} else {
+			level.Warn(n.logger).Log("msg", "Bad avatar url", "key", key)
+		}
+	}
+
 	var payload bytes.Buffer
 	if err = json.NewEncoder(&payload).Encode(w); err != nil {
 		return false, err

notify/discord/discord_test.go

@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ func TestDiscord_Notify(t *testing.T) {
 		Title:          "Test Title",
 		Message:        "Test Message",
 		Content:        "Test Content",
+		Username:       "Test Username",
+		AvatarURL:      "http://example.com/avatar.png",
 	}
 
 	// Create a new Discord notifier
@@ -227,5 +229,5 @@ func TestDiscord_Notify(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.False(t, ok)
 
-	require.Equal(t, "{\"content\":\"Test Content\",\"embeds\":[{\"title\":\"Test Title\",\"description\":\"Test Message\",\"color\":10038562}]}\n", resp)
+	require.Equal(t, "{\"content\":\"Test Content\",\"embeds\":[{\"title\":\"Test Title\",\"description\":\"Test Message\",\"color\":10038562}],\"username\":\"Test Username\",\"avatar_url\":\"http://example.com/avatar.png\"}\n", resp)
 }