Slack Generic OAuth2 User Token Account

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Overview

Use this account type to connect Slack Snaps with data sources that use Slack Generic OAuth2 authentication, and then to perform the operations that Slack allows for your User Token account.

Prerequisites

Limitations

Do not use this account type to create a Bot Token Account for ease and convenience of working with Slack users and teams.

Known Issues

None.

Account Settings

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 OAuth2 endpoint specified and populates the Access tokenRefresh token, and Access token expiration fields based on the details received from the endpoint.



ParameterData TypeDescriptionDefault ValueExample 

Label

String

Required. Enter a unique label for the account.

N/A

Slack_OAuth2_UserToken

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 authorization. The 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 authorization. The access token expiration value in Epoch time.N/AN/A

Header authenticated

Check box

Enable this if endpoint uses bearer header authentication.

Not selectedSelected

OAuth2 authorization endpoint

String

RequiredEnter the OAuth2 endpoint authorization URL to authorize the application.

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

OAuth2 token endpoint

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

String

Provide the name for the token endpoint parameter.

N/Auser_scope

Token endpoint parameter value

String

Provide the value for the parameter.

N/Ausers:read
Authorization endpoint config

Use this field set to assign scopes for the OAuth2 Authentication endpoint for the user account. 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