def _send_api_message(self, message):
        """Send a Slack message via the chat.postMessage api.

        :param message: a dict of kwargs to be passed to slacker.
        """

        self.slack.chat.post_message(**message)
        self.log.debug("sent api message %r", message)
Send a Slack message via the chat.postMessage api.

        :param message: a dict of kwargs to be passed to slacker.