What this short video to learn how to use this in a workflow, or follow the guide below.
First, if you haven’t already - send yourself a message containing one or more interactive elements. Use the Sending the message with an interactive element guide below to send a message containing a button.
If you have already sent a message containing an element, skip to Configuring the source.
Sending the message with an interactive element
The easiest way is to send yourself a message using the Slack - Send Message Using Block Kit action:
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Then select a Channel you’d like to send the message to, and use the Block Kit Builder to build a message, or just copy the example button blocks below:
[
{
"type": "actions",
"elements": [
{
"type": "button",
"text": {
"type": "plain_text",
"text": "Click Me",
"emoji": true
},
"value": "click_me_123",
"action_id": "button_click"
}
]
}
]
Your Slack - Send Message Using Block Kit should look like this:
Configuring the source
By default, this source will listen to all interactive events from your Slack workspace that your connected Slack account has authorization to view. Please note that only messages created via Slack - Send Block Kit Message Action, or via API call from the Pipedream app will emit an interaction event with this trigger. Block kit messages sent directly via the Slack's block kit builder will not trigger an interaction event.
You can filter these events by selecting a specific channel and/or a specific action_id.
Filtering interactive events by channel
Use the Channels dropdown to search for a specific channel for this source to subscribe to. Only button clicks, dropdown selects, etc. in this selected channel will trigger the source.
Filtering interactive events by action_id
For more specificity, you can filter based on the passed action_id to the message.
The action_id is arbitrary. It’s defined on the initial message sending the button, dropdown, or other interactive element’s markup.
For example, in the section above using the Block Kit to create a message, we defined the button’s action_id as "button_click". But you can choose whichever naming convention you’d like.
If you pass button_click as a required action_id to this source, then only interactivity events with the action_id of "button_click" will trigger this source.
Troubleshooting
I’m clicking buttons, but no events are being received
Follow these steps to make sure your source is configured correctly:
Make sure that your action_id or channels filters apply to that message, remove the filters to make sure that’s not the case.
Make sure that the message comes from the same Slack account that this source is configured with.
Make sure that the message was sent via Pipedream action (e.g. Slack - Send Block Kit Message Action) or via API call from the Pipedream app.