EDD Slack – Setting up a Slack App

These steps are optional, but unlock extra functionality within EDD Slack. If you follow these steps, you will be able to perform actions on your site directly from a Slack Notification by clicking a Button within a Slack notification as well as return data from your site using Slash Commands.

Note: To proceed, your site must have SSL enabled!

If your site has SSL enabled, you will see some additional options below the created Slack Notifications:

At the top of this section, a list of any available Triggers that support Interactive Buttons will be displayed. If none are shown, you can still benefit from setting this up to use Slash Commands!

This functionality is based around linking a Slack App to your website. Follow the link to create your own Slack App by clicking the “Create New App” button to get started.

Initially Linking the Slack App

The App Name field can be anything you want. It is used within Slash Commands as the “Username” when it returns data back to you. The Workspace field should be the Team you want to link your EDD store to. Click “Create App” to continue.

The next screen will show you your Client ID, Client Secret and Verification Token for the Slack App in the App Credentials section lower on the page. Enter these back in the EDD Slack Settings (Downloads → Settings → Extensions → Slack)and click “Save Changes” at the bottom of the screen.

Before you can click the “Link Slack App” button that appears, you will need to define a Redirect URL for the Slack App. Back in the settings for the Slack App you created:

1. Click “OAuth & Permissions” on the left of the screen.
2. Click on “Add New Redirect URL”
3. Enter https://yoursite.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=download&page=edd-settings&tab=extensions&section=edd-slack-settings where yoursite.com is the Domain of your site and click “Add” on the right side of the field.
4. Click “Save URLs” at the bottom.

Now you can return to the EDD Slack Settings page and click the “Link Slack App” button. This will popup a new window where you will sign in to your Team that was set before to Authorize the Slack App on your site. Similarly to the Webhook URLs before, this will mean that it is restricted to the same Channels that the Slack User who linked the Slack App to the site has access to within the chosen Team.

Once Authorized, the popup window will close on its own and the EDD Slack Settings Page will refresh, presenting you with a “Slack App Linked Successfully” message.

Now that this step has been completed, API Endpoints have opened on your site. These are used for both Interactive Notifications and Slash Commands.

The next steps are to configure your Interactive Notifications followed by your Slash Commands.