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get a notification when a new message is posted on slack

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Posted on by Lemond2021

I looked at slack connectors at https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/details/shared_slack/slack/. Almost all of them are notifications to slack. In my case, I want to get notified when there is a new post in slack. Then the flow is:

(1) There is a new post in a Slack workspace

(2) Then it will trigger an increase a count in slackcount.txt

(3) Then it will trigger an auto sftp of the slackcount.txt file to a server

Please advise.

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eliotcole 4,363 Moderator on at

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Unfortunately the short answer is that there is no trigger for 'new post' in a Slack workspace (not least because of the overhead).

Even working around it isn't for folks like me who barely know any code, as you will likely need to create a SLACK App.

That said, it's not totally daunting.

Some of my work around revolve around not reacting to every message, but rather offering workflows which update something on a connected service, then you can fire your flow based upon that.

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Lemond2021 6 on at

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How about forwarding a post to Slack to a text file?

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Lemond2021 6 on at

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Can one use
https://help.sumologic.com/07Sumo-Logic-Apps/18SAAS_and_Cloud_Apps/Slack/Collect_logs_for_the_Slack_App
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eliotcole 4,363 Moderator on at

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It doesn't appear to be consistently up to date, @Lemond2021 ... so I would assume not.

Creating a basic app with their interface isn't too hard, but it's definitely harder now that they've swayed away from their easier previous API/webhooks infrastructure. However a lot of that is still there.

If you have a paid Power Automate licence, then you can setup an App that reacts to every message in a channel and uses a webhook or HTTP endpoint as the point to respond to, then build a flow around that.

But you'll have some learning, mate.

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Lemond2021 6 on at

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https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/117557/where-can-i-see-when-was-the-last-time-a-given-slack-user-logged-in

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