Description

Slack is an enterprise software platform that allows teams and businesses of all sizes to communicate effectively.

Connector Details

Name	Value
Platform	Slack
Auth Type	OAuth
Direction	Read

Supported Data

See the table below for the list of data you can read with the Slack connector.

Table Name	Fields
channels	id, name, is_channel, is_group, is_im, created, creator, is_archived, is_general, unlinked, name_normalized, is_shared, is_ext_shared, is_org_shared, is_pending_ext_shared, shared_team_ids, pending_shared, pending_connected_team_ids, parent_conversation, is_member, is_private, is_mpim, topic, purpose, previous_names, num_members, members, channel_id
users	id, team_id, name, deleted, color, real_name, tz, tz_label, tz_offset, is_admin, is_owner, is_primary_owner, is_restricted, is_ultra_restricted, is_bot, updated, is_app_user, has_2fa, profile
channel_members	channel_id, user_id
messages	channel_id, blocks, bot_id, bot_profile, client_msg_id, display_as_bot, file_id, file_ids, icons, inviter, is_delayed_message, is_intro, is_starred, last_read, latest_reply, name, old_name, parent_user_id, permalink, pinned_to, purpose, reactions, reply_count, reply_users, reply_users_count, source_team, subscribed, subtype, team, text, thread_ts, topic, ts, type, unread_count, upload, user, user_team, username
threads	channel_id, client_msg_id, type, text, user, ts, team, blocks, thread_ts, reply_count, reply_users_count, latest_reply, reply_users, subscribed
user_groups	created, creator, id, is_archived, is_deleted, is_group, is_moved, is_mpim, is_open, is_pending_ext_shared, is_read_only, is_thread_only, last_read, members, name, name_normalized, num_members, parent_group, priority, purpose, topic, unread_count, unread_count_display
teams	archived, avatar_base_url, created, date_create, deleted, description, discoverable, domain, email_domain, enterprise_id, enterprise_name, has_compliance_export, icon, id, is_assigned, is_enterprise, messages_count, msg_edit_window_mins, name, over_integrations_limit, over_storage_limit, plan
files	channels, comments_count, created, date_delete, display_as_bot, editable, editor, external_id, external_type, external_url, filetype, groups, has_rich_preview, id, image_exif_rotation, ims, is_external, is_public, is_starred, is_tombstoned, last_editor, mimetype, mode, name, non_owner_editable, num_stars, original_h, original_w, permalink, permalink_public, pinned_info, pinned_to, pretty_type, preview, public_url_shared, size, source_team, state, thumb_1024, thumb_1024_h, thumb_1024_w, thumb_160, thumb_360, thumb_360_h, thumb_360_w, thumb_480, thumb_480_h, thumb_480_w, thumb_64, thumb_720, thumb_720_h, thumb_720_w, thumb_80, thumb_800, thumb_800_h, thumb_800_w, thumb_960, thumb_960_h, thumb_960_w, thumb_tiny, timestamp, title, updated, url_private, url_private_download, user, user_team, username
remote_files	channels, comments_count, created, date_delete, display_as_bot, editable, editor, external_id, external_type, external_url, filetype, groups, has_rich_preview, id, image_exif_rotation, ims, is_external, is_public, is_starred, is_tombstoned, last_editor, mimetype, mode, name, non_owner_editable, num_stars, original_h, original_w, permalink, permalink_public, pinned_info, pinned_to, pretty_type, preview, public_url_shared, size, source_team, state, thumb_1024, thumb_1024_h, thumb_1024_w, thumb_160, thumb_360, thumb_360_h, thumb_360_w, thumb_480, thumb_480_h, thumb_480_w, thumb_64, thumb_720, thumb_720_h, thumb_720_w, thumb_80, thumb_800, thumb_800_h, thumb_800_w, thumb_960, thumb_960_h, thumb_960_w, thumb_tiny, timestamp, title, updated, url_private, url_private_download, user, user_team, username

Credentials Setup

Follow the steps below to get the credentials you need to use the Slack connector.

The first thing that you need to do to get your Slack OAuth credentials is to head to the Slack API dashboard. If you do not have a Slack account, you will be prompted to create one.

Once you're on the Slack API dashboard, select create new app

In the popup, select Create from scratch

Now give your app a name, and pick a Slack workspace to test with, then click Create App

From the next screen, select OAuth & Permissions

On the OAuth & Permissions page, scroll down to the Redirect URLs section, and add <https://hotglue.xyz/callback> as a valid URL and click Save URLs

Now scroll down to the Scopes section. For hotglue to work, you must grant the following scopes:

channels:history
channels:join
channels:read
files:read
groups:read
links:read
reactions:read
remote_files:read
remote_files:write
team:read
usergroups:read
users.profile:read
users:read
users:read.email

Finally, click on Basic Information in the top left.

Now scroll down to the App Credentials section. Here you will be able to access the necessary client id and client secret.

You can now use these credentials in hotglue to configure your Slack integration!

Add your Slack bot to a channel

Once a user has authenticated via OAuth with your Slack app, your bot will be available in the apps list of their Slack workspace. But before the bot can read any messages, you must first add them in the channels you wish to get messages from.

Go to channel details in Slack and click on Integrations

From here, click on Add an App, and select your app in the list

That's it!