Slack Triggers

Here’s a list of all Triggers available with the Slack integration:

You can access data from any of these Triggers by reading event.payload after the Trigger fires.

Reaction Added

This Trigger executes whenever a reaction is added to a message in a channel that your bot is a member of.

It receives the slack:reactionAdded event and returns the following payload:

payload · object

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reaction · string · required

The name of the Slack reaction.

userId · string · required

The ID of the user who added the reaction.

conversationId · string · required

The ID of the conversation to which the reaction was added.

targets · object · required

The targets of the reaction.

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dm · object · required

The DM targeted by the reaction.

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id · string

The ID of the DM.

channel · object · required

The channel targeted by the reaction.

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id · string

The ID of the channel.

thread · object | undefined · required

The thread targeted by the reaction.

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id · string

The ID of the channel.

thread · string

The ID of the thread.

Reaction Removed

This Trigger executes whenever a reaction is removed from a message in a channel that your bot is a member of.

It receives the slack:reactionRemoved event and returns the following payload:

payload · object

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reaction · string · required

The name of the Slack reaction.

userId · string · required

The ID of the user who removed the reaction.

conversationId · string · required

The ID of the conversation from which the reaction was removed.

targets · object · required

The targets of the reaction.

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dm · object · required

The DM targeted by the reaction.

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id · string

The ID of the DM.

channel · object · required

The channel targeted by the reaction.

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id · string

The ID of the channel.

thread · object | undefined · required

The thread targeted by the reaction.

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id · string

The ID of the channel.

thread · string

The ID of the thread.

Member Joined Channel

This Trigger executes whenever a new member joins a channel that your bot is a member of.

It receives the slack:memberJoinedChannel event and returns the following payload:

payload · object

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botpressUserId · string · required

The Botpress user ID associated with the Slack member who joined the channel.

botpressConversationId · string · required

The Botpress conversation ID associated with the channel that the user joined.

inviterBotpressUserId · string · required

The Botpress user ID associated with the Slack user who invited the new member.

targets · object · required

The Slack IDs of the new member, the channel, and person who invited the new member.

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slackUserId · string · required

The Slack ID of the user who joined the channel.

slackChannelId · string · required

The Slack ID of the channel that the user joined.

slackInviterId · string · required

The Slack ID of the user who invited the new member.

Member Left Channel

This Trigger executes whenever a new member leaves a channel that your bot is a member of.

It receives the slack:memberLeftChannel event and returns the following payload:

payload · object

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botpressUserId · string · required

The Botpress user ID associated with the Slack member who left the channel.

botpressConversationId · string · required

The Botpress conversation ID associated with the channel that the user left.

targets · object · required

The Slack IDs of the member who left and the channel they left.

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slackUserId · string · required

The Slack ID of the user who left the channel.

slackChannelId · string · required

The Slack ID of the channel that the user left.

Member Joined Workspace

This Trigger executes whenever a new member joins the Slack workspace that your bot is installed to.

It receives the slack:memberJoinedWorkspace event and returns the following payload:

payload · object

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userId · string · required

The Botpress user ID associated with the new workspace member.

target · object · required

Slack data associated with the new workspace member.

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userId · string · required

The Slack ID of the new workspace member.

userName · string · required

The Slack username of the new workspace member.

userRealName · string · required

The full Slack name (first and last names) of the new workspace member.

userDisplayName · string · required

The Slack display name of the new workspace member.