Sends a message to a Slack workspace. This operation takes a message JSON and a bearer token and sends a message to the channel based on the message JSON. The JSON must be formatted according to how Slack API accepts. You can learn more about that here. The operation also requires the user to create an app in the slack workspace. You can see more about this in the special considerations section below.
Environment/Instance Properties
| Property Name | Property Code | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Project Properties
| Property Name | Property Code | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Inputs
| Input Name | Input Code | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Message JSON | FDSLACK_INP_MESSAGE_JSON | Yes | JSON for slack message. Formatted based on Slack API. |
Bearer Token | FDSLACK_INP_BEARER_TOKEN | Yes | Bearer token generated by slack after adding app to workspace. |
Outputs
| Output Name | Description |
|---|---|
Artifacts
This operation doesn’t consume or produce any artifacts.
Endpoint Selection
This operation delegates the selection to the workflow developer to determine.
Endpoint Execution
This operations delegates the execution to the workflow developer to decide.
Special Considerations
This operation requires the user to create an app in the Slack workspace. This is very easy and can be done here. You will need to add the OAuth scope for chat:write:bot. After installing the app to your workspace, the bearer token can be found on the OAuth & Permissions page.
The message JSON must be formatted based on what the Slack API. To learn more about the formatting of the message payload you can find information here. If you want to learn about the different things you can add to your message you can find information here.
Examples
First we will need to create an app in our workspace by going here
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