01-creating-the-slack-app.md

Create a Slack app

💡 Build useful apps, internal tools, simplified workflows, or brillant bots for just your team or Slack's millions of users.

• To get started, create a new Slack App on api.slack.com.
  1. Type in your app name
  2. Select the team you'd like to build your app on.

Add A Bot User

Let's get ourselves a shiny new Bot User so our app can communicate on Slack.

• On the left side navigation of your app's settings page you'll find the Bot Users tab where you can create a new bot user for your app.

• Next click "Add a Bot User".

• Give your bot user a name (e.g. "pythonboardingbot"), click "Add Bot User", and "Save Changes".

🎉 You should briefly see a success banner.

Install the app in your workspace

• Under "Settings" on the lefthand side, click "Install App" and then "Install App to Workspace".

Next you'll need to authorize the app for the Bot User permissions.

• Click the "Authorize" button.

🏁 Finally copy and save your token. You'll need this to communicate with Slack's Platform.

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