Integrating Slack Notifications Using Pabbly Connect and Outscraper

Learn how to automate Slack notifications for completed Outscraper tasks using Pabbly Connect. Step-by-step tutorial for seamless integration. Discover how to seamlessly connect your essential tools through accessible instructions that make powerful automation available to professionals at every skill level.

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1. Accessing Pabbly Connect for Integration

To begin the integration process, access Pabbly Connect by signing into your Pabbly account. Once logged in, navigate to the dashboard where you can see various applications provided by Pabbly.

Here, click on the ‘Access Now’ button for Pabbly Connect. This will direct you to the workflow creation section, where you can set up automations between Outscraper and Slack.

2. Creating a Workflow in Pabbly Connect

Once in Pabbly Connect, locate the ‘Create Workflow’ button on the right side of the screen. Click this button to start a new workflow. Name your workflow something descriptive, such as ‘Send Slack Notification When Outscraper Task is Completed’ and click on the Create button.

• Click on the ‘Create Workflow’ button.
• Name your workflow appropriately.
• Click on the Create button to initialize the workflow.

This will set up a blank workflow where you can define the trigger and action steps needed to connect Outscraper and Slack through Pabbly Connect.

3. Setting Up the Trigger in Pabbly Connect

For this integration, the trigger will be set to Outscraper, specifically when a task is completed. Select Outscraper as the trigger application and choose the event ‘Task Completed’ to initiate the workflow.

Next, Pabbly Connect will provide you with a webhook URL. Copy this URL, as it will be needed to connect Outscraper to your workflow. Head over to Outscraper and go to the Integrations section to set up the webhook.

• Select Outscraper as the trigger application.
• Choose the event ‘Task Completed’.
• Copy the provided webhook URL for later use.

After copying the URL, return to Outscraper, navigate to the Integrations section, and paste the webhook URL into the designated field to connect it with Pabbly Connect.

4. Performing a Sample Task in Outscraper

To test the integration, perform a sample task in Outscraper. For this example, you can choose to scrape emails and contacts from a website. Enter the URL of the website you wish to scrape in the required field.

Once you’ve set up the scraping task, click on ‘Get Data’ to initiate the process. After the task completes, Pabbly Connect will wait for a webhook response, indicating that the task has been successfully completed.

Enter the URL of the website you want to scrape. Click on ‘Get Data’ to start the scraping process. Wait for the task to complete and for the webhook response.

Once the task is completed, check Pabbly Connect for the response, which will include the data from the completed task, including the spreadsheet URL containing the scraped information.

5. Sending Notifications to Slack via Pabbly Connect

The final step involves sending a notification to your Slack channel using the information received from Outscraper. In Pabbly Connect, set Slack as the action application and select the action event ‘Send Channel Message’.

Connect Slack to Pabbly Connect by adding a new connection and providing the necessary token type. Choose the appropriate Slack channel where you want the notifications to appear. Map the message content to include details about the completed task, including the spreadsheet URL.

Set Slack as the action application. Select the action event ‘Send Channel Message’. Map the message content to include task details and the spreadsheet URL.

Finally, test the workflow by sending a test request. If everything is set up correctly, you will see a notification in your Slack channel confirming the successful completion of the Outscraper task.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we demonstrated how to use Pabbly Connect to automate Slack notifications for completed tasks in Outscraper. By following these steps, you can ensure that your team stays updated with real-time notifications, improving workflow efficiency.