How to set up Slack webhooks using event subscriptions

November 14, 2024

This guide explains how to configure your Slack app's event subscriptions to work with Unified.to webhooks. This is a required step before you can create webhooks that listen for Slack events. Once configured, your webhooks will receive real-time notifications when specific events occur in your Slack workspace, such as when users send messages.

Before you begin

Ensure you have:

• A Slack app created in your workspace
• Access to your Slack app's configuration settings
• Your Unified.to workspace ID
• An understanding of how webhooks work in Unified.to

Configure event subscriptions in Slack

1. Go to the Slack API dashboard at https://api.slack.com/apps
2. Select your app from the list of available apps
3. In the left sidebar, under Features, click Event Subscriptions
4. Toggle the Enable Events switch to On
5. In the Request URL field, enter (depending on your data center):
   // US data center
   https://api.unified.to/webhook/workspace/slack
   // EU data center
   https://api-eu.unified.to/webhook/workspace/slack
   

   • Wait for Slack to verify the URL. You should see a green checkmark indicating successful verification.
   
   
6. Click Save Changes at the bottom of the page

Once completed, you can create webhooks in Unified.to that will receive these Slack events in real-time.

See also

• How to create and configure webhooks
• How to troubleshoot unhealthy webhooks