Adding and Using the ipushpull Slack app in other channels

Owned by David Jones
May 01, 2021
2 min read

Once you’ve installed the ipushpull app in your Slack workspace, you can add it to other Slack channels.

Adding by mentioning the app

The easiest way to add the app to a new channel is by simply mentioning it in the channel. Type @ipushpull, hit enter and a popup will be displayed. Click Add to Channel to add ipushpull to your channel.

 

Adding via the channel Details menu

  1. Click the icon in the top right of the channel

  2. Click the More button

  3. Select Add apps from the menu

  4. Find ipushpull in the list and click the Add button

You can also remove the app using this menu.

 

Once added, all other users in the channel will be able to use the app. However, they have to log in using their own login details and they can only pull data from ipushpull pages they have access to.

Using the app in Slack channels

When you add the ipushpull app to one of your channels it acts like a new user in the chat. Note that it cannot read any of the messages in the channel unless you mention it by typing @ipushpull.

Providing you mention the app you can use it as if you were sending a direct message to it in your one-to-one chat with it. See this page for the full set of commands the bot understands. For example:

Note that all users in the channel can see the data returned by a bot command, even if they don’t have access to the ipushpull page you’ve pulled.