Setting up Slack Authorization

This article will help you understand how to authorize slack.

You must adhere to the instructions listed under Settings in order to authorize Slack.

• In the left navigation panel, select the Settings icon.

• Click On Slack Notification under Integrations.
  
  

• To authorize Slack, you must first get the authorization token , which you can get in either of two ways:

1. Automatic: Click on ‘Automatic’ and follow the steps mentioned below:
   
   

• Go to https://slack.com. Sign into your workspace.

• Go to https://api.slack.com/apps.

• Click on the Generate token button.

• Select your Slack workspace and click on Generate.
  
  

• Copy the Access Token.

• Paste it in the App Authorization Token and click Authorize. 

• Click Allow to give access to your Slack workspace.

Note: We will authorize Slack using Manual mode steps only when Automatic mode steps are not working.

2. Manual: Click on ‘Manual’ and follow the steps mentioned below:
   
   

• Go to https://slack.com. Sign into your workspace.

• Go to https://api.slack.com. Click on the Create an app button.

• Click on option From Scratch to build the slack app from scratch.

• Enter the App Name as “PowerRouter” and select the workspace in the dropdown under Pick a Workspace to develop your app in and click Create App.

• Click on the OAuth & Permissions section from the left navigation panel and scroll down.

• Under Scopes and add the following under the Bot Token Scopesby clicking on Add an OAuth Scope:

1. Channels:read

2. Chat:write

3. groups:read

4. im:write

5. users:read

6. User:read:email

• Click on the Install App section from the left navigation panel.and click on Install to workspace button, then click on Allow.

• Copy the Bot User OAuth Access Token.

• Paste it in the Authorization section and click Authorize. 

• Click on ‘Enable’ to enable Powerrouter to send slack messages.

For authorizing Slack Channels:

• Open Slack and open the desired channel and click on the channel name on the top.

• Click on Integrations and click on Add an App.

• Search Powerrouter and click on Add.

• The app got added to this channel.

Slack Component is now ready to use.