Configuring your Slack app

June 1, 2020 ยท View on GitHub

The steps here outline how to complete the Slack side setup for Response. The app will need to be running, and accessible on a public domain to complete these steps as Slack validates the URL before it'll accept the change.

Slash Command

  • In the Slash commands page click Create New Command.

  • Enter the following info:

    • Command: /incident
    • Request URL: https://<public-url>/slack/slash_command
    • Short Description: Trigger an incident
    • Usage Hint: What's the problem?

Event Subscriptions

Important You need to have the server running and available to setup events, as Slack sends a challenge request to this address and expects a specific response.

In the Event Subscriptions page we need to configure the following:

  • Toggle Enable Events to On

  • In the Request URL enter: https://<public-url>/slack/event

  • Under the Subscribe to Bot Events section, add the following:

    • app_mention
    • pin_added
    • pin_removed
    • message.channels
    • channel_rename

Configure interactive components

  • In the Interactive Components page, enable and set the URL to https://<public-url>/slack/action.

Reinstall App

With these changes made, you'll need to reinstall the app to your workspace. There should be a bar at the top with a link, but if not you can find the resinstall link in the OAuth & Permissions page.