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Set up a Slack network

Incoming webhooks

You can create an incoming webhook for a simple Slack application. This is a url that a Slack application can use to post to Slack.

This process is a shortcut allowing you to circumvent a full OAuth flow. It’s great for testing, and for simple cases (posting for yourself) it’s much simpler than developing a fully blown application.

See: https://api.slack.com/messaging/webhooks

Steps:

1. Create a new app: https://api.slack.com/apps/new

• Set it up from scratch
• Give it a name
• Pick a workspace for it

1. Enable Incoming webhooks

• Select the Incoming webhooks section
• Enable the Activate incoming webhooks option

1. Add a webhook for your workspace

• Click Add New Webhook to Workspace
• Pick a channel the webhook can be used to post into
• Click Allow

There’s now a new URL listed in the Incoming webhooks section, which you can copy and use as a part of your configuration.

⚠️ The webhook URL is a secret. Do not share it or add it to any open code repositories.

The Network part of each configuration key is always: SlackWebhook

Network credentials

Credential type	Req	Value
IncomingWebhookUrl	Required	The URL of the slack webhook belonging to the app, created for posting to a specific channel

eg. The following line defines the IncomingWebhookUrl key and value in a .env configuration file:

TEST2_SlackWebhook_IncomingWebhookUrl="https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

For examples, see: Network specific configuration

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