Slack

Use the Slack integration to send messages and notifications to your Slack Team.

Overview

One of the most common workflow integrations is the connection to user's communication suite. Slack is arguably the most popular communication tool.

This integration is a path forward for users who want to connect to their Slack workspace with the Fylamynt platform to interact with workflows, get execution statuses, approvals etc.

Use Cases

The integration between Fylamynt and Slack lets you:

• Send notifications, message from Fylamynt workflows to Slack.

• Manage Fylamynt workflow approvals via direct messages to the Slack Team.

Configure Slack in Fylamynt

• Navigate to Settings > Integrations > Slack.

• Configure a new integration instance.

• In Slack Integration page(Fylamynt), click “Add to Slack” button.

• You may be prompted to log into your Slack workspace. If not, verify that you are logged into the Slack workspace that you want to add Fylamynt to.

• Review the permissions required to install Fylamynt and click "Allow".

• If installation is successful, you will be redirected back to the Slack Integration settings page of your Fylamynt instance.

• After installation, invite "@Fylamynt" Slack bot user to the Slack channel(s) where you would like to receive messages on.

Interaction Actions

You can add these actions in the Fylamynt workflow builder, as part of your workflow.

1. Approval

2. Slack Add Users

3. Slack Archive Channel

4. Slack Create New Channel

5. Slack Send Message

Approval

Approve or Deny any request to continue the execution of a workflow.

Input

Parameter	Description	Required
alias	The target account for the run	True
Slack Channel	Select the Slack channel to notify for approval	True
Notes for Reviewer	This notes will be attached to the Slack message that request the approval. This message should give the user more context.	True
Timeout Interval	Specify an interval before timing out the request. The maximum timeout is 7 days.	True

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
alias	String	The target account for the run
Execution Start Time	String	A string representation of time when the execution started. i.e Wed 12 May 2021 22:52:46.441000
Message Channel ID	String	The ID of the Slack channel where the message was sent.
Message Timestamp	String	Timestamp of the Slack message that was sent for approval.
Workflow Name	String	Name of the workflow associated with the execution.

Action Example

Slack Add Users

Add users to a previously created Slack channel.

Input

Parameter	Description	Required
Channel Name	The name of the channel to add the users.	True
Users	Dropdown list of Slack users to add to the above channel.	True

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
message	String	List of the Slack User IDs of the users added to the channel

Action Example

Slack Archive Channel

Archives a specified Slack channel. Archived channels can still be searched, but are closed to any new activity.

Input

Parameter	Description	Required
Channel Name	The name of the channel to archive.	True

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
message	String	Status of the archive command.

Action Example

Slack Create New Channel

Create a new slack channel. Note:The Fylamynt Slack bot user will be automatically added to any channel created using this action, public or private. This allows the other Slack actions to see the channel.

Input

Parameter	Description	Required
Channel Name	The name for the new channel	True
Private	Make the new channel private	False

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
channel	Object	The output of the Slack conversations.create api call. Channel names may only contain lowercase letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores, and must be 80 characters or less.
channel_url	String	A URL for the newly created channel

Action Example

Slack Send Message

Send Slack messages to a given channel.

Input

Parameter	Description	Required
Slack Channel	Name of the Slack channel where we need to send the Slack message	True
Message Text	The message to be sent to the channel.	True

Output

There is no output of this action.

Action Example