The User’s presence status has been updated event type and the generated Even if you have added multiple Slack workspaces, you just need one Zoom app.įill out the required information and activate Event Subscriptions. 😆Ĭreate a new (or use an existing) 'Webhook Only' Zoom app with your Zoom account. Tip: Do not use an obvious name for your now.sh URL here, something random or other people could mess with your Slack status. You are going to need it in the next step for the ZOOM app. This will guide you through the process of creating and deploying the project to now.sh. When working with now secret you need to do the following for each secret (aka Slack app token): I used the secret option described below (this is the reason why the checked-in now.json is opinionated and includes already one secret): You can either use now secret for the token values, or copy the token string right into the workspace config.

Create a config object for each slack workspace you want to update when a Zoom meeting starts.

This should happen automatically thanks to a postinstall script.

Duplicate the example config and rename it to slack-status-config.js.

Copy and paste each OAuth Access Token into the configuration file created in the subsequent step.

Grant each app the users.profile:write privilege in User Token Scopes in the OAuth Tokens & Redirect URLs view, before clicking on the 'Install App' button.

Create a Slack App for your workspace(s).

and log in with now login in your terminal.

(Note: the steps are also described on GitHub)įirst, make sure you have cloned the source code, as well as now and all dependencies installed.Įnter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode I'll guide you through the process, so you can have your own. Meet the 'Zoom-Slack-Status-Updater' (MIT). Thanks to the restrictions on outdoor activities in Austria 🇦🇹, I had the time to wrap my head around this idea and created a tool for it. 'in a meeting') when a team-mate did not respond (quickly). People were missing the current state (eg. That's what we've discussed at Lovely Systems in our last retrospective.

Wouldn't it be nice, if we could connect those two tools and automate the Slack status based on your Zoom presence state? 🤔 Chances are very high these days (among others thanks to COVID-19), that you are using Zoom and Slack in your company.

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