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Getting started with Incoming Webhooks We're going to walk through a really quick 4-step process (if you've already done some of these things it'll be even easier) that will have you posting messages using Incoming Webhooks in a few minutes:

  1. Create a Slack app (if you don't have one already) You won't get very far without doing this step, but luckily it's very simple, we even have a nice green button for you to click:

Pick a name, choose a workspace to associate your app with (bearing in mind that you'll probably be posting lots of test messages, so you might want to create a channel for sandbox use), and then click Create App. If you've already created one, you can use it too, also have a cookie 🍪.

  1. Enable Incoming Webhooks After creating, you'll be redirected to the settings page for your new app (if you are using an existing app, just load its settings via your app's management dashboard).

From here select the Incoming Webhooks feature, and click the Activate Incoming Webhooks toggle to switch it on. If you already have this activated, well you deserve another cookie 🍪.

  1. Create an Incoming Webhook Now that Incoming Webhooks are enabled, the settings page should refresh and some extra options will appear. One of those options will be a really helpful button marked Add New Webhook to Workspace, and you should click it.

What this button does is trigger a shortcut version of the installation flow for Slack apps, one that is completely self-contained so that you don't have to actually build any code to generate an Incoming Webhook URL. We'll show how you can generate webhooks programmatically later, but for now you'll see something like the following screen:

Permissions screen with incoming webhooks channel selector Go ahead and pick a channel that the app will post to, and then click to Authorize your app.

You'll be sent back to your app settings, and you should now see a new entry under the Webhook URLs for Your Workspace section, with a Webhook URL that'll look something like this:

https://hooks.slack.com/services/T00000000/B00000000/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX That URL is your shiny new Incoming Webhook, one that's specific to a single user, and a single channel. We've kind of run out of cookies, but nice work anyway!

[sauce: https://api.slack.com/messaging/webhooks#enable_webhooks]