Set the "title" and "summary" fields in MS Teams notifications

Fixes: #435

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - Fix missing Resume button (#421)
 - When decoding inbound emails, decode encoded headers (#420)
 - Escape markdown in MS Teams notifications (#426)
+- Set the "title" and "summary" fields in MS Teams notifications (#435)
 
 ## v1.16.0 - 2020-08-04
 

hc/api/tests/test_notify.py

@@ -859,6 +859,8 @@ class NotifyTestCase(BaseTestCase):
         self._setup_data("msteams", "http://example.com/webhook")
         mock_post.return_value.status_code = 200
 
+        self.check.name = "_underscores_ & more"
+
         self.channel.notify(self.check)
         assert Notification.objects.count() == 1
 
@@ -866,19 +868,24 @@ class NotifyTestCase(BaseTestCase):
         payload = kwargs["json"]
         self.assertEqual(payload["@type"], "MessageCard")
 
+        # summary and title should be the same, except
+        # title should have any special HTML characters escaped
+        self.assertEqual(payload["summary"], "“_underscores_ & more” is DOWN.")
+        self.assertEqual(payload["title"], "“_underscores_ & more” is DOWN.")
+
     @patch("hc.api.transports.requests.request")
-    def test_msteams_escapes_markdown(self, mock_post):
+    def test_msteams_escapes_html_and_markdown_in_desc(self, mock_post):
         self._setup_data("msteams", "http://example.com/webhook")
         mock_post.return_value.status_code = 200
 
-        self.check.name = """
+        self.check.desc = """
             TEST _underscore_ `backticks` <u>underline</u> \\backslash\\ "quoted"
         """
 
         self.channel.notify(self.check)
 
         args, kwargs = mock_post.call_args
-        text = kwargs["json"]["text"]
+        text = kwargs["json"]["sections"][0]["text"]
 
         self.assertIn(r"\_underscore\_", text)
         self.assertIn(r"\`backticks\`", text)

hc/api/transports.py

@@ -580,17 +580,34 @@ class Apprise(HttpTransport):
 
 
 class MsTeams(HttpTransport):
+    def escape_md(self, s):
+        # Escape special HTML characters
+        s = escape(s)
+        # Escape characters that have special meaning in Markdown
+        for c in r"\`*_{}[]()#+-.!|":
+            s = s.replace(c, "\\" + c)
+        return s
+
     def notify(self, check):
         text = tmpl("msteams_message.json", check=check)
         payload = json.loads(text)
 
-        # Escape special HTML characters in check's name
-        safe_name = escape(check.name_then_code())
-        # Escape characters that have special meaning in Markdown
-        for c in r"\`*_{}[]()#+-.!|":
-            safe_name = safe_name.replace(c, "\\" + c)
-
-        payload["text"] = f"“{safe_name}” is {check.status.upper()}."
+        # MS Teams escapes HTML special characters in the summary field.
+        # It does not interpret summary content as Markdown.
+        name = check.name_then_code()
+        payload["summary"] = f"“{name}” is {check.status.upper()}."
+
+        # MS teams *strips* HTML special characters from the title field.
+        # To avoid that, we use escape().
+        # It does not interpret title as Markdown.
+        safe_name = escape(name)
+        payload["title"] = f"“{safe_name}” is {check.status.upper()}."
+
+        # MS teams allows some HTML in the section text.
+        # It also interprets the section text as Markdown.
+        # We want to display the raw content, angle brackets and all,
+        # so we run escape() and then additionally escape Markdown:
+        payload["sections"][0]["text"] = self.escape_md(check.desc)
 
         return self.post(self.channel.value, json=payload)
 

templates/integrations/msteams_message.json

@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@
                     "name": "Total Pings:",
                     "value": "{{ check.n_pings }}"
                 }
-            ],
-            "text": "{{ check.desc|escapejs }}"
+            ]
         }
     ],
     "potentialAction": [