Slack Get Conversation Steps

This step allows you to get a conversation from a slack channel.

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Files

• SlackStepsGetConversation.zip - Workflow zip file with the step and example flow
• slack.png - Slack logo

How it works

The Slack - Get Conversation step gets a conversation from Slack, and can be configured to limit the number of messages and remove bots from conversation.

The Slack - Beautify Conversation step takes the output of the Slack - Get Conversation step and makes it useable in an xMatters Notification.

Installation

Slack Setup

None, just configure the OAuth in xMatters.

xMatters Setup

1. Download the SlackStepsGetConversation.zip file onto your local computer
2. Navigate to the Workflows tab of your xMatters instance
3. Click Import, and select the zip file you just downloaded
4. Create a new endpoint for Slack, and use the Slack endpoint type.

Usage

The Slack - Get Conversation and Slack - Beautify Conversation steps are now available in your custom steps. So navigate to the appropriate canvas so you can add the step there. If you'd like to experiment with it, the Get Conversation workflow has a canvas that can be triggered via HTTP call.

Slack - Get Conversation

Inputs

Name	Required?	Min	Max	Help Text	Default Value	Multiline
Channel Name	Yes	0	2000	The name of the Channel in Slack		No
Max Messages	Yes	0	2000	How many messages to get	100	No
Display Apps?	Yes	0	2000	Whether to get Bots and Apps. Either true or false	true	No
Blacklist	No	0	2000	Comma-separated list of any uses or bots names that should not be included		No
Filter	No	0	2000	Only shows chat with this found in it. Is Filter Regex controls whether this is inputted as a regular expression		No
Is Filter Regex?	Yes	0	2000	This is either (true) if the filter is written as a regular expression or (false) if it isn't	false	No

Outputs

Name	Description
Conversation	Conversation from channel.

Slack - Beautify Conversation

Inputs

Name	Required?	Min	Max	Help Text	Default Value	Multiline
Conversation	Yes	0	2000	Conversation from the Slack - Get Conversation Step		No
Time Zone	Yes	0	2000	Name of timezone. Find options here	America/New_York	No

Outputs

Name	Description
result	Beautified conversation

Example

This is an example of using both the Slack - Get Conversation and Slack - Beautify Conversation steps.