Formatting
Pre-built actions to make formatting and manipulating data within your workflows easier.
Integrate the Formatting API with the Slack API
Setup the Formatting API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Slack API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Formatting and Slack remarkably fast. Free for developers.
Popular Ways to Connect Formatting with Slack#
Popular Formatting and Slack Triggers#
Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels
Emit new event when a message was posted in a direct message channel
Emit new event when a username or specific keyword is mentioned in a channel
Emit new event when a member has added an emoji reaction to a message
Popular Formatting and Slack Actions#
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
Connect Formatting#
export default defineComponent({
async run({ steps, $ }) {
const text = ' Hello world! ';
return text.trim()
},
})Overview of Slack#
With the Slack API, you can build all sorts of integrations and applications to
make your work life easier. Here are just a few examples:
- 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!
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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