Setting up a Slack app with webhooks
To create a new Slack app from a webhook and configure FeedBear to send requests to the Slack webhook, you can follow these steps:
1. Create a Slack App with Incoming Webhooks:
- Go to the Slack API page and click on Create a Slack App.
- Enter your App Name: "FeedBear App"
- In Development Slack Workspace field, select your slack workspace.
- Now click the Create App button.
- After creating it, you’ll be redirected to the settings page for your new app.
- Select Incoming Webhooks and toggle Activate Incoming Webhooks to ON.
- Select Add New Webhook to Workspace to start the webhook flow. Select the channel you previously invited your app to and then Allow on the following screen.
- Reinstall your app to the workspace with this new feature by selecting Reinstall to Workspace within the Install Your app section under Basic Information.
- Navigate back to Incoming Webhooks and view the new entry listed under WebHook URLs for Your Workspace.
- Copy your webhook URL
2. Configure FeedBear to Send Requests to the Slack Webhook:
- Click on Project Settings from your user drop down menu (top right icon with your avatar).
- Click on Integrations, then Connect next to Slack.
- Enter the webhook URL and select which notifications you want to receive from FeedBear
