A Webhook, in simple terms, is a user-defined HTTP callback. It is a mechanism for the system to notify you about an event.
In our case, we need to send messages to a particular channel in slack. Slack calls in Incoming Webhook. It is a mechanism
to send messages to your Slack Channel from external sources. These external sources could be any application or service
that is capable of sending a JSON payload
over HTTP into a Slack Channel. Each Channel will be identified by a
unique Incoming Webhook URL to which you can post the message from outside. This configuration is done via the Integrations for your channel.
- Naviagte to the Incoming Webhook URL. Click the hyper link
incoming webhook integration
below the heading Incoming Webhooks. - You will be asked to enter your team URL, followed by your slack credentials.
- Once you have completed the above step, you will see the wizard kind of webpage to