We offer two forms of Slack application testing. The basic test doesn't require any extra information from you; the Cape sensor will test accessibility and timing to the public Slack API.
The real time messaging (RTM) API test will give you a better idea of what performance users can expect from Slack, but this requires a user or bot token to be generated.
The steps to generate a bot token are as follows:
- Browse to https://api.slack.com/apps
- Click on
Create New App
button - For
App Name
insert the name of your new app (e.g. 'Cape sensor app') - For
Development Slack Workspace
select the workspace that you want to generate the token for (i.e. the one that will be tested) - Click the
Create App
button - In the new window, click on the
Bots
pane under theAdd features and functionality
section - And then click on the
Add a Bot User
button - You can change the display name and default username here
- Click on the
Add Bot User
button - Click on
Install App
link on the navigation on the left - Click on the
Install App to Workspace
button then clickAuthorize
button - The tokens will be generated and you can copy the
Bot User OAuth Access Token
and use it to set up a new Slack RTM API test on the dashboard.