The ipushpull Slack app lets you pull snapshots of your data into your Slack channels.
This article explains how to use the ipushpull in your one-to-one chat with the app using direct messages. You can also add the app to other channels - see this page for more details.
The ipushpull Slack app lets you:
pull snapshots of data into the chat
search for pages
ask for help
login and logout of ipushpull
Coming soon: set up aliases to pull views of your data into the chat and push data back. Get in touch for a preview.
If you have configured a default page, you can pull it into the chat by simply entering the pull command:
Note that Slack only permits basic styling. If you’d like to see your fully styled data click the link at the end of the message to view the live, ticking page in the ipushpull web app.
To pull any other page into the chat, enter its folder and page name in this format:
folder=MyFolder page=MyPage
Pro tip: if your page name is unique, you don’t have to mention the folder name in your request |
If you can’t remember the name of your page, use the search command with an optional search term. This will return a dropdown list of all the pages you have access to that match the term. Select the page you want and click the Pull button to view in the chat.
If you don’t enter a search term then search will return a list of all the pages you have access to.
You must authenticate the bot with ipushpull to access your data in Slack. Enter the login command to do this, then follow the instructions.
If you want to de-authenticate the bot, enter the logout command.
Type help for more info about each command:
Slack imposes a message limit that means the bot sometimes can’t return all your data into the chat. If this happens the bot will display a message with a link you can click to view the complete results in the ipushpull web app.