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Authentication

User account

You need to obtain two things to authenticate as a user.

  • xoxc token
  • cookie

xoxc Token

Follow these steps to obtain your xoxc token:

  • Log into your workspace via Slack Web from your browser.
  • Open Developer Tools.
  • Go to the Network tab.
  • Do some activity that requires the network (e.g send a message to yourself)
  • Look for any request to <worksapce>.slack.com/api/<something>.
  • Select the request and open the Request tab.
  • In the Request payload, search for name="token".
  • The value under it should start with xoxc-.
  • Copy all of it until the end.
  • Paste your token in the Slack node.
slack xoxc token
Obtaining the slack xoxc token

  • Log into your workspace via Slack Web from your browser.
  • Open Developer Tools.
  • Go to the Network tab.
  • Do some activity that requires the network (e.g send a message to yourself)
  • Look for any request to <worksapce>.slack.com/api/<something>.
  • Select the request and open the Headers tab.
  • In the Request Headers, search for the Cookie header.
  • Copy the value. Usually this starts with b=... and is about 1400 characters long.
  • Paste your cookie in Rerouter's Slack node.
slack cookie
Obtaining the slack cookie