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Learn to use the Slack Web API and the Bolt framework to automate channels, chats, files, and more.

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Slack is a flexible instant messaging platform for organizations. It allows you to connect with your colleagues, share documents, and organize teams through time zones and physical spaces. It also allows teams to collaborate with images, videos, voice messages, and huddles. Slack's API has allowed it to become a highly integrated productivity tool.  

In this course, you'll first get an introduction to Slack's API and the different endpoints it offers. You'll then be provided with a step-by-step guide on how to sign up for an account and retrieve the access keys. Furthermore, you'll learn how to use the API to manage messages and different channels and invite users to them. You'll also be provided with hands-on experience integrating Slack's Bolt framework into a functioning React application.

By the end of this course, you'll be equipped with the skills needed to develop your applications and integrations with Slack.

Automations with the Slack API in JavaScript

## What is this course about?
In today's increasingly social world, online messaging and communication applications are more popular than ever. We use these applications in our day-to-day lives when communicating with friends, family, and even coworkers. 

Slack is an online messaging platform built specifically for the office, although its use has since expanded to personal use as well.

In this course, we'll explore the various endpoints of the Slack API and get hands-on experience using them in our own applications.

## What is an API?
An **application programming interface (API)** is a software gateway that allows different software components to communicate with each other. An API helps expose the capabilities of an application to the outer world, allowing for programmatic access to its data.


Consider the case of an application service like Slack that provides messaging capabilities. Building and exposing an API for this service will allow others to programmatically fetch the data this service offers, such as lists of messages and channels.

We can provide examples of other popular services that provide APIs for extended uses-cases. Widely used services such as YouTube, Reddit, Google Maps, and others provide APIs that allow authorized clients to access the resources provided by these systems.

## Prerequisites
This course assumes that you have the following:
* A basic understanding of HTTP requests
* Basic knowledge of JavaScript, Node.js, the Express framework, and the React library.



## Intended audience
This course is intended for anyone who wants to learn to use and integrate the Slack API in their applications. You can be a student who is new to the world of APIs and wants to learn their basic usage. Alternatively, you can also be a professional developer with ample experience working with other APIs who wants to explore the Slack API and its use cases.

# What is this course about?
In today's increasingly social world, online messaging and communication applications are more popular than ever. We use these applications in our day-to-day lives when communicating with friends, family, and even coworkers. 

Slack is an online messaging platform built specifically for the office, although its use has since expanded to personal use as well.

In this course, we'll explore the various endpoints of the Slack API and get hands-on experience using them in our own applications.

# What is an API?
An **application programming interface (API)** is a software gateway that allows different software components to communicate with each other. An API helps expose the capabilities of an application to the outer world, allowing for programmatic access to its data.


Consider the case of an application service like Slack that provides messaging capabilities. Building and exposing an API for this service will allow others to programmatically fetch the data this service offers, such as lists of messages and channels.

We can provide examples of other popular services that provide APIs for extended uses-cases. Widely used services such as YouTube, Reddit, Google Maps, and others provide APIs that allow authorized clients to access the resources provided by these systems.

# Prerequisites
This course assumes that you have the following:
* A basic understanding of HTTP requests
* Basic knowledge of JavaScript, Node.js, the Express framework, and the React library.



# Intended audience
This course is intended for anyone who wants to learn to use and integrate the Slack API in their applications. You can be a student who is new to the world of APIs and wants to learn their basic usage. Alternatively, you can also be a professional developer with ample experience working with other APIs who wants to explore the Slack API and its use cases.

Get an overview of the course, its recommended prerequisites, and its intended audience.

Introduction

Chat Using the Application

Conversations Using an App

File Management

Users

Manage Reactions

Slack's Bolt Framework

Conclusion

Appendix

Introduction to the Course

What is this course about?

What is an API?

Prerequisites

Intended audience