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- Open https://api.slack.com/apps/new and choose "From an app manifest"
- Choose the workspace you want to install the application to
- Copy the contents of manifest.json into the text box that says
*Paste your manifest code here*(within the JSON tab) and click Next - Review the configuration and click Create
- Click Install to Workspace and Allow on the screen that follows. You'll then be redirected to the App Configuration dashboard.
Before you can run the app, you'll need to store some environment variables.
- Copy
env.sampleto.env - Open your apps configuration page from this list, click OAuth & Permissions in the left hand menu, then copy the Bot User OAuth Token into your
.envfile underSLACK_BOT_TOKEN - Click Basic Information from the left hand menu and follow the steps in the App-Level Tokens section to create an app-level token with the
connections:writescope. Copy that token into your.envasSLACK_APP_TOKEN.
npm install
npm start