Post Messages to Slack with Twilio Studio
In this tutorial you will post an inbound SMS to a Slack feed using Twilio Studio and an incoming Slack webhook. You'll need an existing Slack team to follow along with this tutorial, so if you don't have one yet, create one for free now.
Before you get started, you'll need:
- A Twilio Account. If you are new to Twilio, create a free account . You can review the features and limitations of a free Twilio account here .
- A Twilio Phone Number. View instructions for purchasing a Twilio Phone Number here .
New to Twilio Studio? Before completing this tutorial, you should familiarize yourself with the mechanics of working with Studio by reviewing the Getting Started guide.
You'll start with a new Twilio Studio Flow. A Flow is an individual workflow you create to handle your use case. For example, in this case you're going to post an inbound SMS to a Slack Feed. All the logic for this will exist in the Twilio Studio Flow you create.
To create a new Studio Flow:
- Log into your Twilio account and navigate to the Studio Dashboard .
- Click the Create a Flow button to create your first Studio flow. If you already have some Studio Flows (awesome!), tap the "+" icon instead.
- Name your Flow. You can name your Flow anything you like; we're calling ours "SMS to Slack".
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Click next to select a template. You'll see a few different templates you can use but you'll want a blank Canvas for this tutorial, so select Start from scratch on the template selection screen.
Incoming Message.