This will bring up a search bar where you can search for and click Giphy.Ī modal will appear that lets you search a GIF you want to send.
With a slash command from an active conversation.Ĭlick the ⚡ icon near the message input at the bottom of the Slack window. With a shortcut that lets you choose a conversation. In the same script on the Raspberry Pi that posts to the database, I added a POST to a custom Slack integration.Giphy is a built in Slack app for sending a GIFs in your messages. To detect brewing, we put a light sensor on the bottom of the lid so we can see when brewing begins, and the Raspberry Pi the sensor is connected to posts to our database on AWS. The coffee maker is designed to begin brewing as soon as you close the reservoir lid. Naturally, I had to get my hands on it.īut what to do with it? Well as a data company, we like to collect data, even from our coffee maker and popcorn machine. Basically you can setup a REST endpoint in Slack that allows you to post to a chat with a custom icon, username, and message. Now the real fun is in custom integrations. The Slack integration allows you to type something along the lines of “ /giphy data” into the Slack message box to send out a random GIF from Giphy with the data tag. Integrations are like plugins for Slack- for example, is a website that has a library of animated GIFs that are searchable by tag. JIRA, Google Drive, Lucidchart, and Giphy are a few we use at Arkatechture. There are numerous integrations already available to hook up to Slack. The best part about it, though, is integrations. :max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/015_how-to-use-giphy-in-slack-4843228-b9386b7d3b5a426d9157260d9ed9fc8a.jpg "giphy slack integration")
It’s a simple instant messaging app with direct, group, and channel messaging. If you don’t use Slack in your office, you should consider it. Much of my first day, like most people’s first days, was spent getting signed up for the many websites that my coworkers use, one of them being the ever popular messaging platform Slack. I can’t just jump onto a client without a deep knowledge of all things data. Being a fresh engineering intern at a company like Arkatechture involves a lot of self guidance.
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