Automations with the Slack API in JavaScript

Gain insights into Slack's API, discover endpoints, manage messages and channels, learn user invitations, and integrate Bolt framework into React for seamless application development.

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20 Lessons

Certificate of Completion

Gain insights into Slack's API, discover endpoints, manage messages and channels, learn user invitations, and integrate Bolt framework into React for seamless application development.

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Course Overview

Slack is a flexible instant messaging platform for organizations. It allows you to connect with your colleagues, share documents, and organize teams through time zones and physical spaces. It also allows teams to collaborate with images, videos, voice messages, and huddles. Slack's API has allowed it to become a highly integrated productivity tool. In this course, you'll first get an introduction to Slack's API and the different endpoints it offers. You'll then be provided with a step-by-step guide on ho...Show More

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

Api Integration

Javascript

What You'll Learn

The ability to send, update and delete messages using Slack API

Hands-on experience creating and managing channels

An understanding of how to use Slack API calls to share local and remote files

The ability to get users’ data and manipulate their presence

An understanding of how to use Slack's API to add and remove reactions

Familiarity with Slack's Bolt framework

A working knowledge of integrating Slack's Bolt framework in a functioning React application

What You'll Learn

The ability to send, update and delete messages using Slack API

Course Content

Introduction

Get familiar with leveraging Slack API for app development, covering setup, and integration basics.

Introduction to the Course

Slack API Overview

Get Started with the Slack API

Chat Using the Application

Get started with sending, updating, and deleting messages using the Slack API.

Send Messages

Update Messages and List Scheduled Messages

Delete Messages

Conversations Using an App

Work your way through creating, managing, retrieving, and archiving Slack channels using the API.

Create Channels

Set Channel Properties

Get Channel Properties

Channel Management

File Management

Break down the steps to manage local and remote files using Slack API endpoints.

Local Files

Remote Files

Users

Dig deeper into Slack API endpoints for listing users, conversations, and managing presence.

List Conversations and Users

Manipulate Presence

Manage Reactions

2 Lessons

Tackle adding, removing, listing, and retrieving Slack reactions using JavaScript.

Slack's Bolt Framework

2 Lessons

Build on the features and development steps of Slack's Bolt framework and polling app.

Conclusion

1 Lesson

Learn how to use the Slack API fundamentals and community engagement for future learning.

Appendix

1 Lesson

Discover the logic behind Slack API response object properties like messages, channels, files, and users.

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