Slack

Slack is a popular messaging and collaboration platform for teams and organizations.

Grab User OAuth Token

To set up the pipeline, you need to create a Slack app in your workspace in order to obtain a user token for accessing the Slack API.

1. Go to your Slack workspace and click on the name at the top-left.

2. Select Tools > Customize Workspace.

3. From the top-left Menu, choose Configure apps.

4. Click on Build (top-right) > Create a New App.

5. Choose “From scratch”, enter the “App Name”, and select your target workspace.

6. Confirm by clicking on Create App.

7. Go to OAuth and Permissions under the Features section.

8. Assign the following scopes:

   Name	Description
   admin	Administer a workspace
   channels:history	View messages and other content in public channels
   groups:history	View messages and other content in private channels
   im:history	View messages and other content in direct messages
   mpim:history	View messages and other content in group direct messages
   channels:read	View basic information about public channels in a workspace
   groups:read	View basic information about private channels
   im:read	View basic information about direct messages
   mpim:read	View basic information about group direct messages
   users:read	View people in a workspace

   Note: These scopes are adjustable; tailor them to fit your needs.

9. From the “OAuth & Permissions” section on the left, add the scopes and copy the User OAuth Token.

Connection Properties

In the YAML file, the configuration section contains the following properties:

Connectorname: Slack
Access_token: Slack Access token

Example

version: 1
encrypt_credentials: false
plugins:
  extractors:
    - name: Slack_data
      connectorname: Slack
      config:
        access_token: <ACCESS TOKEN>
      select:
        - TABLE1
        - TABLE2
      properties:
        page_size: <>
        start_date: <>
        end_date: <>