Confection
Confection collects, stores, and distributes data in a way that's unaffected by client-side disruptions involving cookies, cross-domain scripts, and device IDs. It's also compliant with global privacy laws so it’s good for people too.
Integrate the Confection API with the Slack API
Setup the Confection API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Slack API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Confection and Slack remarkably fast. Free for developers.
Popular Ways to Connect Confection with Slack#
Popular Confection and Slack Triggers#
Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels
Emit new event when a UUID receives a value for the configured Event Name. The latest value as well a history of all values ever received for that Event Name will be returned.
Emit new event when the UUID is significant enough to be classified as a lead. You define the field of significance and if a UUID gets a value for this field, it will trigger.
Emit new event when any UUID is created or updated. To learn more about how Confection handles UUIDs, visit https://confection.io/main/demo/#uuid.
Emit new event when a message was posted in a direct message channel
Popular Confection and Slack Actions#
This action will retrieve the full details of a specified UUID.
This action will retrieve all UUIDs that have a likeness score of at least 50 (default) with the provided UUID. The likeness score can be customized in configuration.
Send a message to a public channel and customize the name and avatar of the bot that posts the message. See postMessage or scheduleMessage docs here
Send a message to a private channel and customize the name and avatar of the bot that posts the message. See postMessage or scheduleMessage docs here
Send a direct message to a single user. See postMessage or scheduleMessage docs here
Overview of Confection#
Confection is an API that enables you to easily create and manage serverless
functions. Using Confection, you can deploy your functions to any number of
providers, including AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, and Azure Functions.
Confection also provides a convenient command-line interface, making it easy to
manage your functions from your terminal.
Connect Confection#
import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
props: {
confection: {
type: "app",
app: "confection",
}
},
async run({steps, $}) {
const data = {
"key": `${this.confection.$auth.secret_key}`,
}
return await axios($, {
url: `https://transmission.confection.io/${this.confection.$auth.account_id}/account/`,
data,
})
},
})
Overview of Slack#
The Pipedream Slack app enables you to build event-driven workflows that interact with the Slack API. When you authorize the Pipedream app's access to your workspace, you can use Pipedream workflows to perform common Slack actions, or write your own code against the Slack API.
The Pipedream Slack app is not a typical app. You don't interact with it directly as a bot, and it doesn't add custom functionality to your workspace out of the box. It just makes it easier to automate anything you'd typically use the Slack API for, using Pipedream workflows.
Here are some examples of automations you can build with Pipedream on Slack:
- Automate posting updates to your team channel
- Create a bot to answer common questions
- Integrate with your existing tools and services
- Build a custom dashboard to track your team's progress
- Create a bot to handle scheduling and meeting requests
- And much more!
Should I use the Slack or Slack Bot app on Pipedream?
The Slack app is the easiest and most convienent option to get started. It installs the official Pipedream bot into your Slack workspace with just a few clicks.
However, if you'd like to use your own bot registered with the Slack API, you can use the Slack Bot app instead.
The Slack Bot requires a bot token to allow your Pipedream workflows to authenticate as your bot. The extra set up steps allow you to list your custom bot on the Slack Marketplace, or install the bot on other workspaces as your bot's name instead of as Pipedream.
Connect Slack#
import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
props: {
slack: {
type: "app",
app: "slack",
}
},
async run({steps, $}) {
return await axios($, {
url: `https://slack.com/api/users.profile.get`,
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${this.slack.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
},
})
},
})
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