Connecting Slack

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Here’s a detailed instruction on how to connect Slack to Quidget:

1. Open Slack API website and log in or create a new account for your Slack bot

2. Click on “Your apps” in the header

3. Click on “Create an App”

4. Choose the option “From scratch”

5. Create a Name for your app
6. Pick a workspace to develop your app

7. Click “Create App”

8. In Basic Information, on the sidebar menu, click on “Permissions” in the “Add features and functionality” section roll-up

9. Scroll down to “Scopes” and add the following scopes to “Bot Token Scopes” using the “Add an OAuth Scope” (11) button app_mentions:read
   • chat:write
   • commands
   • files:read
   • files:write
   • im:history
   • im:read
   • im:write
   • reactions:read
   • reactions:write
   • users.profile:read
   • users:read
10. Also add the following scopes to “User Token Scopes” using the “Add an OAuth Scope” (11) button
    • im:history
    • im:read
    • im:write

12. Go to OAuth & Permissions on the sidebar menu, and click on the “Install to Workspace” button

13. On the page that opens, grant all necessary permissions by clicking the “Allow” button

14. Copy the Bot User OAuth Token and paste it to the corresponding field on the Quidget integration interface

15. Copy the Signing Secret from the “App Credentials” (in Basic Information, on the sidebar menu) and paste it to the corresponding field on the Quidget integration interface

16. Fill the rest of the bot integration fields with the data, acquired on the previous steps

17. Copy the Webhook URL of the Slack integration

18. Go to the Interactivity & Shortcuts section on the sidebar menu
19. Turn “Interactivity” On
20. In the Request URL field, paste a copied URL from the Quidget integration interface
21. Click on “Save Changes”

22. Go to the Event Subscriptions section on the sidebar menu
23. Turn “Enable Events” On
24. In the Request URL field, paste a copied URL from the Quidget integration interface

25. Scroll down to “Subscribe to bot events” and add the following events using the “Add Bot User Event” (26) button

    • member_left_channel
    • message.im
    • reaction_added
    • reaction_removed

26. Use the “Add Bot User Event” button to add the following events

27. Click on “Save Changes”

28. Go to the Basic Information section on the sidebar menu and click on the “Reinstall to Workspace” button

29. On the page that opens, grant all necessary permissions by clicking the “Allow” button

30. Go to the App Home section on the sidebar menu, scroll down to the “Show Tabs” section, and activate the “Allow users to send Slash commands and messages from the messages tab” checkbox