Chapter 6. Webhooks and Slash Commands

Every bot we've created so far shares the same two traits: they rely on commands issued by users and require a Slack API token. This has been very useful in our bots so far, but what if we want a bot to post messages to a Slack channel without needing an API token? Plus what if we want a bot that does not require an API token to interact with users? An example of this is the GitHub Slack integration, a service that posts GitHub activity on specific repositories to a Slack channel of your choice.

In this chapter, we will discuss how to use webhooks to get data in and out of Slack and how to create slash commands that users can interact with throughout Slack.

We will cover the following topics:

  • Webhooks
  • Incoming ...

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