Schedule
Trigger workflows on an interval or cron schedule.
Integrate the Schedule API with the Slack API
Setup the Schedule API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Slack API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Schedule and Slack remarkably fast. Free for developers.
Popular Ways to Connect Schedule with Slack#
Popular Schedule and Slack Triggers#
Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels
Trigger your workflow on one or more days each month at a specific time (with timezone support).
Trigger your workflow on one or more days each week at a specific time (with timezone support).
Popular Schedule 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
Send a direct message to a single user. See postMessage or scheduleMessage docs here
Send a message using Slack's Block Kit UI framework to a channel, group or user. See postMessage or scheduleMessage docs here
Send a message as a threaded reply. See postMessage or scheduleMessage docs here
Overview of Schedule#
With Schedule - A trigger provided by Pipedream - You can easily build
automated workflows that run on regular times or intervals. Some examples of
things that you can build using the Schedule API include:
- Automated data retrieval from a third-party service, like pulling stats from
your Salesforce account on a set schedule. - Uploading new data sets to a database with a predetermined interval.
- Automatic emails to customers or leads at a certain time of the day.
- Automating data analysis based on a set schedule.
- Automatically optimizing social media postings according to a specified
timeline. - Updating webpages at a certain interval with newly available content.
- Re-running reports on a periodic basis.
- Refreshing a cache of data at a given frequency.
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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