Slack
Slack is a channel-based messaging platform. With Slack, people can work together more effectively, connect all their software tools and services, and find the information they need to do their best work — all within a secure, enterprise-grade environment.
Integrate the Slack API with the Airtable API
Setup the Slack API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Airtable API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Slack and Airtable remarkably fast. Free for developers.
Popular Ways to Connect Slack with Airtable#
Popular Slack and Airtable Triggers#
Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels
Emit an event for each new or modified record in a table
Emit an event for each new or modified record in a view
Popular Slack and Airtable 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
Create one or more records in a table by passing an array of objects containing field names and values as key/value pairs.
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
Retrieve records from a table with automatic pagination. Optionally sort and filter results.
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}`,
},
})
},
})
Overview of Airtable#
Using the Airtable API, you can build applications that can:
- Create and manage databases
- Add, update, and delete records
- Search for records
- Sort and filter records
- Display records in a variety of ways
- Import and export data
Connect Airtable#
module.exports = defineComponent({
props: {
airtable: {
type: "app",
app: "airtable",
},
baseId: {
type: "$.airtable.baseId",
appProp: "airtable",
},
tableId: {
type: "$.airtable.tableId",
baseIdProp: "baseId",
},
},
async run({steps, $}) {
const Airtable = require('airtable');
const base = new Airtable({apiKey: this.airtable.$auth.api_key}).base(this.baseId);
const data = []
await base(this.tableId).select({
// pass optional config parameters here
}).eachPage(function page(records, fetchNextPage) {
// This function (`page`) will get called for each page of records.
records.forEach(function(record) {
data.push(record._rawJson)
});
// To fetch the next page of records, call `fetchNextPage`.
// If there are more records, `page` will get called again.
// If there are no more records, `done` will get called.
fetchNextPage();
})
return data
},
})
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