Shell function to update slack status

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#
# I have this in my .zshrc and I call it from the terminal. Make sure you replace the SLACK_TOKEN part.
# $ slack-status afk train 
#


function slack-status {

    local SLACK_TOKEN=""
    local STATUS=${1:-""}
    local EMOJI=${2:-"itv"}
    local DATA='{"status_text":"'$STATUS'","status_emoji":":'$EMOJI':"}'

    curl -s -o /dev/null https://slack.com/api/users.profile.set -X POST -H "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" -d "token=${SLACK_TOKEN}&profile=$DATA"
}