Slack Registration

Introduction

As the connection will be an application that interfaces with Slack, you will need to register at Slack as a developer and create a Slack application using the Slack API. The application can have any name and settings. This can be done with a free Slack account. At the Slack website, register and create an app.

Creating the Slack App

Click on the button Create an App:

Give a name for your application and select the workspace of your Slack account. Click on the Create App button:

Click on the Incoming Webhooks (outlined in blue) in the section Add features and functionality:

Activate Incoming Webhooks by sliding the button to On:

Select from the drop-down menu the Slack channel where you want to post messages and click the Authorize button:

Click OAuth & Permissions in Features section in the sidebar.

Click the Copy button to copy the Oauth token, and store it safely so you can retrieve it when configuring the connector.