---
title: c Slack
description: Available connectors
documentId: ipaas-slack
locale: en-US
---
The [**Slack**](https://camel.apache.org/components/4.10.x/slack-component.html) component allows you to send messages, notifications, and alerts to Slack channels or users directly from your integration flows.
**URI Syntax**: `slack:channel`
## Main fields
*Path parameters*
| **Name** | **Description** | **Default** | **Type** |
|----------|---------------|------------|----------|
|`channel` (common)| (required) The channel name (#name syntax) or slack user (userName syntax) to send a message directly to a user.| — | String |
*Query parameters*
| **Name** | **Description** | **Default** | **Type** |
|----------|---------------|------------|----------|
| `token` (common) | The token to access Slack. This app needs to have the permissions channels:history, groups:history, im:history, mpim:history, channels:read, groups:read, im:read and mpim:read. The type of token needed is the User OAuth Token. | — | String |
## Example
It is necessary to register an app on Slack with the appropriate permissions, as described in the component [documentation](https://docs.slack.dev/app-management/quickstart-app-settings).
In addition, the bot must be added to the desired channels so that messages are sent correctly.
The flow below sends a message to a private Slack channel with bot-type authentication.
The flow starts with a GET request to the `/slack` endpoint.
Then, it sets the message body to "POC Slack" (using `setBody` with constant value).
Finally, it sends to Slack channel:
- Channel: `#notifications-hubspot-sync` (private channel name)
- Conversation type: `PRIVATE_CHANNEL` (private channel, not public)
- Authentication: bot token (`xoxb-547812-7840-JdgvOgeCWG`)
- Uses `toD` (to dynamic) to build the URI dynamically.
```yaml
- from:
uri: rest:get:/slack
steps:
- setBody:
constant: "POC Slack"
- toD:
uri: "slack:#notifications-hubspot-sync"
parameters:
conversationType: PRIVATE_CHANNEL
token: xoxb-547812-7840-JdgvOgeCWG
```
- The bot needs to have appropriate permissions.
- The bot must be added to the `#notifications-hubspot-sync` channel.
- Use the channel name (not the ID) to avoid errors.
