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Use Slack integration without personal account, but with Slack app (webhook)

  • 15 November 2022
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At the moment, I have to connect the Slack integration to my personal account. That’s a problem if I leave the company, because my Slack account will be disabled and the Zapier workflow will stop working.

I could create a separate Slack user just for Zapier integrations, but that will cost 100$ per year just for that in Slack.

In other tools, e.g. Grafana, I can create a Slack app, which has a webhook url, and specify that URL in Grafana. Grafana will then send the messages to the channel if the Slack app has access to that channel.

Could I do something similar with Zapier, or do I always have to connect it to a personal Slack account?

PS: This topic is surprisingly hard to google. I spent at least 20 minutes doing that, but maybe I’m using the wrong search terms. Sorry if this has been answered before.

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Best answer by Troy Tessalone 15 November 2022, 17:03

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Hi @ZorkTheEmperor 

Good question.

 

Admin/owner permissions - User needs to be a Slack "owner" in addition to being an admin

https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/8495993391629

 

Have you reviewed the available help articles for using Slack with Zaps?

https://zapier.com/apps/slack/help

 

 

Thanks @Troy Tessalone. So it seems that currently there is no way to use Slack Apps, but instead a Slack account has to be used.

I checked the links you provided too.