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  • Valid Slack app
  • Valid Client ID
  • Valid Client secret
  • Bot Scopes as needed
  • Redirect/Callback URLsWhile creating the Slack app, ensure that you have configured the redirect/callback URLs properly in OAuth & Permissions under your app's Features section from the left navigation.
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  • Scroll down to the RedirectURLs section and enter at least two redirect URLs in the format — <https://<SnapLogic_POD_Name>/api/1/rest/admin/oauth2callback/slack>.
  • See Configuring Redirect URLs for your app for details.

Limitations

For ease and convenience of working with Slack Bots, do not use this account type to create a User Token Account.

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To create your Slack Generic OAuth2 account in SnapLogic, you must create an application as per the application provider's instructions in Start building Slack apps to generate and supply Client IDClient secretOAuth2 endpoint, and OAuth2 token in the settings below and click Authorize. SnapLogic sends your account details to the specified OAuth2 endpoint and populates the Access tokenRefresh token, and Access token expiration fields based on the details received from the endpoint. 

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ParameterData TypeDescriptionDefault ValueExample 

Label

String

Required. Enter a unique label for the account.

N/A

Slack_OAuth2_BotToken

Client ID

String

RequiredEnter the client ID associated with your Slack application. You can create the client ID as advised by your application provider.

N/A

1394786838725.1307264331815

Client secret

String

Enter the client secret associated with your account. You can create the client secret as advised by your application provider.

N/A

bec1f9242f9nsh67f2276b9ws4cadd14

Access token

String

Auto-generated after authorization. The access token associated with the Slack application is used to make API requests on behalf of the user associated with the client ID.

N/AN/A

Refresh token

StringAuto-generated after authorizationThe refresh token retrieval for the application is specified when setting up the account for the endpoint. There, the OAuth2 flow is executed and the resulting refresh token is stored in this field. If the refresh token is stored, then the access token is refreshed automatically before it expires.N/AN/A

Access token expiration

IntegerAuto-generated after authorizationThe access token expiration value in Epoch time.N/AN/A

Header authenticated

Check box

Enable this if the endpoint uses bearer header authentication.

Not selectedSelected

OAuth2 Endpoint

String

Required. Enter the OAuth2 endpoint authorization URL to authorize the application.

https://slack.com/oauth/
v2/authorize
https://slack.com/oauth/
v2/authorize

OAuth2 Token

String

Required. Enter the Token endpoint to get the access token.

https://slack.com/api/
oauth.v2.access
https://slack.com/api/
oauth.v2.access

Token endpoint config

Use this field set to configure token endpoint parameters as necessary for the account.

This field set comprises the following fields:

  • Token endpoint parameter
  • Token endpoint parameter value

Specify each parameter in a separate row. Click to add a new row.

Token endpoint parameter

StringProvide the name for the token endpoint parameter.N/Ascope

Token endpoint parameter value

String

Provide the value for the parameter.

N/Ausers:read
Auth endpoint config

Use this field set to assign scopes for the OAuth2 authentication endpoint for the bot. We recommend that you define at least one scope entry in this field set. This field set comprises the following fields: 

  • Authentication parameter
  • Authentication parameter value

Specify each parameter in a separate row. Click to add a new row.

Authentication parameter

String

Provide the name for an authentication parameter.N/Ascope

Authentication parameter value

String

Provide the value for the parameter, typically one of the Bot scopes. See the Scope and Permissions article in Slack API documentation for the complete list.

N/A
files:write

Auto-refresh token

Check box

Do not select this check box as Bot Tokens never expire. See Revoke All OAuth Tokens to know about revoking all your OAuth tokens, if need be.

Not selectedNot selected
AuthorizeButton

Click this button to acquire the required permissions for this account from the Slack app, when creating an account.

For existing accounts, you can click this button to re-acquire the permissions (Access token, Refresh token and Access token expiration) to ensure that the account works as expected. This action does not require or result in any changes to the Access Token that is already generated.

N/AN/A

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ErrorReasonResolution
Authentication failed.You have entered an incorrect Client ID or Client secret.Verify whether you have supplied the correct and valid Client ID and Client secret for the account and assigned the required access privileges to the application.
Error in Authorization: Something went wrong when authorizing this app. Invalid client_id parameterYou have entered an incorrect Client ID.Verify the Client ID entered for the account and try authorizing the app again.

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