Integrate the Front API with the Slack API

Setup the Front API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Slack API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Front and Slack remarkably fast. Free for developers.

Popular Ways to Connect Front with Slack#

Import Message with Front API on New Message In Channels from Slack API

Slack + Front

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Receive Custom Messages with Front API on New Message In Channels (Instant) from Slack API

Slack + Front

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Send new message with Front API on New Message In Channels from Slack API

Slack + Front

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Update Conversation with Front API on New Message In Channels from Slack API

Slack + Front

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Import Message with Front API on New Direct Message (Instant) from Slack API

Slack + Front

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Popular Front and Slack Triggers#

New Message In Channels (Instant) from the Slack API

Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels

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New Direct Message (Instant) from the Slack API

Emit new event when a message was posted in a direct message channel

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New Mention (Instant) from the Slack API

Emit new event when a username or specific keyword is mentioned in a channel

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New Reaction Added (Instant) from the Slack API

Emit new event when a member has added an emoji reaction to an item

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New Star Added (Instant) from the Slack API

Emit new event when a star is added to an item

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Popular Front and Slack Actions#

Import Message with the Front API

Appends a new message into an inbox. See the docs here.

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Receive Custom Messages with the Front API

Receive a custom message in Front. See the docs here.

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Send Message to a Public Channel with the Slack API

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

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Send New Message with the Front API

Sends a new message from a channel. It will create a new conversation. See the docs here.

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Send Message to a Private Channel with the Slack API

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

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Connect Front#

import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    frontapp: {
      type: "app",
      app: "frontapp",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://api2.frontapp.com/me`,
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.frontapp.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
      },
    })
  },
})

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}`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Community Posts#

Airtable Webhooks with Slack + Pipedream

We love Airtable here at Pipedream. But Airtable lacks one killer feature — webhooks. We took advantage of Airtable’s Slack notifications and built a way to send webhooks to an HTTP endpoint every time a record is created or updated in a base. It takes 10 minutes to setup and it’s free.