Creating a Slack Workspace

This helper is only needed for the optional Bookstore Slack extension. You need a Slack account and permission to create an app and incoming webhook in the target workspace. If you already have a workspace, skip directly to webhook setup.

To create a Slack workspace, follow these steps:

1. Visit https://slack.com/get-started#/createnew.
2. Enter your email address and click Continue, or continue with Apple or Google.
3. Check your email for a confirmation code.
4. Enter the code on the Slack website.
5. Click "Create a Workspace" and follow the prompts.
6. For detailed instructions how to create a workspace via the Desktop App, Android or iOS, refer to Create a Slack workspace.

Adding Channels to Your Workspace

After creating your Slack workspace, you can add channels by following these steps:

1. Click the '+' icon next to 'Channels' on the sidebar of your Slack workspace.
2. Choose "Create a channel" and specify the channel name and purpose.
3. For enterprise grid organizations, refer to Slack's help article for instructions.

Setting Up a Webhook for Notifications

To set up a webhook for sending notifications to your Slack workspace:

• 1: Create a Slack app, following the instructions by signing in, adding name and workspace to put the app in.

• 2: After this, you'll be redirected to the setting pages of your new app. Choose Incoming Webhook and toggle Activate Webhook.

• 3: Scroll down to click the option Add New Webhook to Workspace.

• 4: The page will give you a link associated with the app you created. This link will be where API requests are sent to send messages to your Slack workspace.

• 5: To test if the webhook works as needed, you can try sending an API request to this link to see if the message goes through. I used Postman to test this. Send a JSON request body with the Content-Type: application/json header; use the example in Slack's webhook documentation.

• 6: Afterwards, the text channel should have a new message.

• 7: Go to Slack's webhook documentation to learn more about setting up webhooks.

Treat the webhook URL as a credential. Do not commit it or share it in logs or support requests. After the test message appears in the intended channel, return to the extension's credential setup.