class SlackSmartBot

  # to: (String) Channel name or id
  # msg: (String) message to send
  def send_msg_channel(to, msg)
    unless msg == ""
      get_channels_name_and_id() unless @channels_name.key?(to) or @channels_id.key?(to)
      if @channels_name.key?(to) #it is an id
        channel_id = to
      elsif @channels_id.key?(to) #it is a channel name
        channel_id = @channels_id[to]
      else
        @logger.fatal "Channel: #{to} not found. Message: #{msg}"
      end
      if config[:simulate]
        open("#{config.path}/buffer_complete.log", "a") { |f|
          f.puts "|#{channel_id}|#{config[:nick_id]}|#{config[:nick]}|#{msg}~~~"
        }
      else  
        if Thread.current[:on_thread]
          client.message(channel: channel_id, text: msg, as_user: true, thread_ts: Thread.current[:thread_ts])
        else
          client.message(channel: channel_id, text: msg, as_user: true)
        end
      end
      if config[:testing] and config.on_master_bot
        open("#{config.path}/buffer.log", "a") { |f|
          f.puts "|#{channel_id}|#{config[:nick_id]}|#{config[:nick]}|#{msg}"
        }
      end
    end
  end

end