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Popular Ways to Connect Slack with Helper Functions#
Popular Slack and Helper Functions Triggers#
Emit new events on new Slack interactivity events sourced from Block Kit interactive elements, Slash commands, or Shortcuts
Emit new event when a specific keyword is mentioned in a channel
Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels
Emit new event when a member has added an emoji reaction to a message
Popular Slack and Helper Functions Actions#
Accepts a base64-encoded string, returns a decoded UTF-8 string
Suspend the workflow until approved by a Slack message. See the documentation
Get the difference, intersection, union, or symetric difference of two arrays/sets.
Overview of Slack#
The Pipedream app for Slack enables you to build event-driven workflows that interact with the Slack API. Once you authorize the 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 app for Slack 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 makes it easier to automate anything you'd typically use the Slack API for, using Pipedream workflows.
- Automate posting updates to your team channels
- Create a bot to answer common questions
- Integrate with your existing tools and services
- And much more!
Connect Slack#
import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
props: {
slack_v2: {
type: "app",
app: "slack_v2",
}
},
async run({steps, $}) {
return await axios($, {
url: `https://slack.com/api/users.profile.get`,
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${this.slack_v2.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
},
})
},
})
Overview of Helper Functions#
The Helper Functions app on Pipedream is a set of pre-built functions that streamline common tasks in your workflows. It acts like a Swiss Army knife for developers, providing essential tools such as format conversion, date manipulation, and text processing. By leveraging these functions, you can reduce the boilerplate code needed for routine operations, speeding up the development of intricate automations. The Helper Functions API can be a game changer when it comes to tasks like parsing dates in user-friendly formats, encoding and decoding data, or generating UUIDs, making them more efficient and less error-prone.
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