{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rauchg/slackin/issues/183","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rauchg/slackin","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rauchg/slackin/issues/183/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rauchg/slackin/issues/183/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rauchg/slackin/issues/183/events","html_url":"https://github.com/rauchg/slackin/pull/183","id":147937302,"number":183,"title":"support linking to a preselected channel","user":{"login":"afeld","id":86842,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/86842?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld","html_url":"https://github.com/afeld","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2016-04-13T03:32:47Z","updated_at":"2016-05-17T06:47:17Z","closed_at":null,"pull_request":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rauchg/slackin/pulls/183","html_url":"https://github.com/rauchg/slackin/pull/183","diff_url":"https://github.com/rauchg/slackin/pull/183.diff","patch_url":"https://github.com/rauchg/slackin/pull/183.patch"},"body":"Closes #111.\r\n\r\nAt 18F, we often include something like the following in a project README:\r\n\r\n> To chat about this project, go to https://chat.18f.gov and select `such-and-such` from the dropdown.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, the latter direction often gets missed, and people end up joining the first channel listed. This pull request would allow the projects to link directly to their channel, avoiding the problem completely.\r\n\r\nInstead of @mattgorecki's client-side [solution](https://github.com/rauchg/slackin/issues/111#issuecomment-168561742), I opted to do the channel selection server-side so that they don't even see the dropdown:\r\n\r\n![screen shot 2016-04-12 at 11 27 24 pm](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/86842/14482023/2db8c18c-0106-11e6-8bad-078c17131a69.png)\r\n\r\nLet me know what you think!\r\n\r\n/cc @konklone "},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rauchg/slackin/issues/comments/219633349","html_url":"https://github.com/rauchg/slackin/pull/183#issuecomment-219633349","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rauchg/slackin/issues/183","id":219633349,"user":{"login":"afeld","id":86842,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/86842?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld","html_url":"https://github.com/afeld","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/afeld/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-05-17T06:47:17Z","updated_at":"2016-05-17T06:47:17Z","body":"Bump!"}}