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HTTP Request and Slack integration

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How to connect HTTP Request and Slack

  • Step 1: Create a new workflow
  • Step 2: Add and configure nodes
  • Step 3: Connect
  • Step 4: Customize and extend your integration
  • Step 5: Test and activate your workflow

Step 1: Create a new workflow and add the first step

In n8n, click the "Add workflow" button in the Workflows tab to create a new workflow. Add the starting point – a trigger on when your workflow should run: an app event, a schedule, a webhook call, another workflow, an AI chat, or a manual trigger. Sometimes, the HTTP Request node might already serve as your starting point.

HTTP Request and Slack integration: Create a new workflow and add the first step

Step 2: Add and configure HTTP Request and Slack nodes

You can find HTTP Request and Slack in the nodes panel. Drag them onto your workflow canvas, selecting their actions. Click each node, choose a credential, and authenticate to grant n8n access. Configure HTTP Request and Slack nodes one by one: input data on the left, parameters in the middle, and output data on the right.

HTTP Request and Slack integration: Add and configure HTTP Request and Slack nodes

Step 3: Connect HTTP Request and Slack

A connection establishes a link between HTTP Request and Slack (or vice versa) to route data through the workflow. Data flows from the output of one node to the input of another. You can have single or multiple connections for each node.

HTTP Request and Slack integration: Connect HTTP Request and Slack

Step 4: Customize and extend your HTTP Request and Slack integration

Use n8n's core nodes such as If, Split Out, Merge, and others to transform and manipulate data. Write custom JavaScript or Python in the Code node and run it as a step in your workflow. Connect HTTP Request and Slack with any of n8n’s 1000+ integrations, and incorporate advanced AI logic into your workflows.

HTTP Request and Slack integration: Customize and extend your HTTP Request and Slack integration

Step 5: Test and activate your HTTP Request and Slack workflow

Save and run the workflow to see if everything works as expected. Based on your configuration, data should flow from HTTP Request to Slack or vice versa. Easily debug your workflow: you can check past executions to isolate and fix the mistake. Once you've tested everything, make sure to save your workflow and activate it.

HTTP Request and Slack integration: Test and activate your HTTP Request and Slack workflow

Back Up Your n8n Workflows To Github

This workflow will backup your workflows to Github. It uses the public api to export all of the workflow data using the n8n node.

It then loops over the data checks in Github to see if a file exists that uses the workflow name. Once checked it will then update the file on Github if it exists, Create a new file if it doesn't exist and if it's the same it will ignore the file.

Config Options
repo_owner - Github owner

repo_name - Github repository name

repo_path - Path within the Github repository

>This workflow has been updated to use the n8n node and the code node so requires at least version 0.198.0 of n8n

Nodes used in this workflow

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Build your own HTTP Request and Slack integration

Create custom HTTP Request and Slack workflows by choosing triggers and actions. Nodes come with global operations and settings, as well as app-specific parameters that can be configured. You can also use the HTTP Request node to query data from any app or service with a REST API.

Slack supported actions

Archive
Archives a conversation
Close
Closes a direct message or multi-person direct message
Create
Initiates a public or private channel-based conversation
Get
Get information about a channel
Get Many
Get many channels in a Slack team
History
Get a conversation's history of messages and events
Invite
Invite a user to a channel
Join
Joins an existing conversation
Kick
Removes a user from a channel
Leave
Leaves a conversation
Member
List members of a conversation
Open
Opens or resumes a direct message or multi-person direct message
Rename
Renames a conversation
Replies
Get a thread of messages posted to a channel
Set Purpose
Sets the purpose for a conversation
Set Topic
Sets the topic for a conversation
Unarchive
Unarchives a conversation
Get
Get Many
Get & filters team files
Upload
Create or upload an existing file
Delete
Get Permalink
Search
Send
Send and Wait for Approval
Update
Add
Adds a reaction to a message
Get
Get the reactions of a message
Remove
Remove a reaction of a message
Add
Add a star to an item
Delete
Delete a star from an item
Get Many
Get many stars of autenticated user
Get
Get information about a user
Get Many
Get a list of many users
Get User's Profile
Get a user's profile
Get User's Status
Get online status of a user
Update User's Profile
Update a user's profile
Create
Disable
Enable
Get Many
Update
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