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Setting up a Slack app and a bot user

Setting up a Slack app and a bot user - Node.js Tutorial

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Setting up a Slack app and a bot user

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- [Instructor] Before we can start implementing a slack bot, we have to first set a few things up in our slack workspace. As mentioned in the beginning, I'm assuming that you have a workspace with admin privileges available. I already opened api.slack.com. This is the portal that provides us with everything related to building slack apps and bots. Please note that slack is in constant change and development. This means that the page might look different by the time you take this course. Don't get thrown off by that. The functionality offered should stay fairly the same. On the page I now enthusiastically click on Start Building, and there I get a screen that lets me into the name of the app, and I'm going to name it ReservationApp. And then, I can assign this app to a workspace I'm currently logged in to by the drop down below. My workspace is called Silver Spoon Restaurant. Yours will likely have a different…

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