Have you ever wondered how Slack apps are able to receive events from Slack seemingly as they happen? The answer is a webhook – or specifically on Slack, their Events API.Ī webhook gives external applications (like Mio) the ability to get data pushed to them in real-time instead of having to go ask Slack if there are any relevant updates and then pull in that updated data for their users. How we use the Slack webhook to create Mio.In this post, we walk through the ins and outs of Slack webhooks: If you’re new to Slack webhooks, you’ve come to the right place. Adjust the additional settings to your preferences.Slack webhooks are the tools used to facilitate how Slack apps receive, process, and send information and events in real-time.Under Recipients, select your new webhook from the dropdown.Under Notify, select your desired notification trigger.Navigate to a check in Splunk Synthetic Monitoring, click the gear icon, and select Edit from the dropdown.To add your webhook to a check, do the following:

You need to add your webhook to each check you want to send notifications from.

Click Test test your webhook by sending a request to the Slack API endpoint.

(optional) Under Triggers, repeat steps 6-8 for the other trigger option (either 'when failed' or 'when back online,' whichever you did not use in the first trigger).

Edit the JSON as needed and then click Save.

(optional) Click JSON to open the JSON request body for the API request that will be sent to HipChat upon the trigger event.

Paste the webhook URL you copied in step 4 above into the Webhook URL field for each trigger.

Under Triggers, select a trigger for your notification (either 'when failed' or 'when back online') from the dropdown.

Under Name, provide a name for your webhook.

In Splunk Synthetic Monitoring, go to Admin > Alert Webhooks > + New and click Slack.

Set up the Alert Webhook in Splunk Synthetic Monitoring Select the Slack channel in which you'd like to receive alerts and click Add Incoming WebHooks Integration.Ĭopy the Webhook URL for the new incoming webhook to your clipboard. You need to have a paid, 'Standard' Slack plan to integrate notifications from Splunk Synthetic Monitoring using a webhook.