Slack Generic OAuth2 User Token Account
- Anand Vedam
- Gouri Bhagchandani
- Kalpana Malladi
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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
- Valid Slack app
- Valid Client ID
- Valid Client secret
- User Scopes needed
- Redirect/Callback URLs. See Configuring Redirect URLs for your app for details.
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 ID, Client secret, OAuth2 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 token, Refresh token, and Access token expiration fields based on the details received from the endpoint.
| Parameter | Data Type | Description | Default Value | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Label | String | Required. Enter a unique label for the account. | N/A | Slack_OAuth2_UserToken |
Client ID | String | Required. Enter 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/A | N/A |
Refresh token | String | Auto-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/A | N/A |
Access token expiration | Integer | Auto-generated after authorization. The access token expiration value in Epoch time. | N/A | N/A |
Header authenticated | Check box | Enable this if endpoint uses bearer header authentication. | Not selected | Selected |
OAuth2 authorization 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 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:
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Token endpoint parameter | String | Provide the name for the token endpoint parameter. | N/A | user_scope |
Token endpoint parameter value | String | Provide the value for the parameter. | N/A | users: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:
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