Slack
Slack is a business communication platform offering many IRC-style features, including persistent chat rooms (channels), private groups, and direct messaging.
Account integration using OAuth
To begin, you will need:
An Slack account.
STEP 1: Go to the Slack API page, then in the top-right corner, go to [Your apps].
STEP 2: Go to [Create New App] > [From scratch].
STEP 3: Enter an App Name and select the workspace the credential will be associated with, then click [Create App].
STEP 4: Under the Basic Information > App credentials section, identify and copy the client ID and client secret.
STEP 5: In iMBrace, create a new credential of type Slack OAuth2 API, and paste the client ID and client secret into the corresponding fields. Then, identify the OAuth Redirect URL.
STEP 6: On the Slack API page, navigate to Basic Information > Building Apps for Slack > Add features and functionality > [Permissions].
STEP 7: In the Redirect URLs section, click on [Add New Redirect URL], then paste the OAuth redirect URL copied from iMBrace.
STEP 8: Click on the [Save URLs] button.
STEP 9: Scroll down to the Scopes section.
STEP 10: Add the required scopes under the Bot Token Scopes section. You can refer to the list of scopes on the Scopes and permissions documentation on Slack.
STEP 11: In iMBrace, click the [Connect] button.
STEP 12: Click [Allow] in the pop-up to connect your Slack account to iMBrace.
STEP 13: On the Slack API page, go to [OAuth & Permissions] in the left side-bar. In the OAuth Tokens for Your Workspace section, click [Install to Workspace].
STEP 14: Click on the [Allow] button.
DONE: The credential can then be used for Slack nodes.
Account integration using Access Token
To begin, you will need:
An Slack account.
STEP 1: Go to the Slack API page, then in the top-right corner, go to [Your apps].
STEP 2: Go to [Create New App] > [From scratch].
STEP 3: Enter an App Name and select the workspace the credential will be associated with, then click [Create App].
STEP 4: Under the Basic Information > Add features and functionality section, select [Permissions].
STEP 5: Scroll down to the Scopes section and:
If you want your app to act on behalf of users that authorize the app, add the required scopes under the User Token Scopes section.
If you're building a bot, add the required scopes under the Bot Token Scopes section.
STEP 6: From the OAuth Tokens for Your Workspace section click on the Install to Workspace button.
STEP 7: Click on the [Allow] button.
STEP 8: In the left side-bar, go to OAuth & Permissions > OAuth Tokens for Your Workspace, and copy the relevant token for your use.
STEP 9: In iMBrace, create a credential of type Slack API, paste the copied token from Slack into the Access Token field, then click the [Create] button.
DONE: The credential can then be used for Slack nodes.
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