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Open URL in browser from Message Button using Slack API

I am sending the users a slack message with a button through a Slack App. On every click of the button, I generate a new URL.

At the moment, I am able to return the URL back as a message. The user clicks on the message to open the URL in the browser.

Instead of the sending a message back, I want to open the URL directly in the browser using slack API.

How can I accomplish it? I can't seem to find anything in the documentation that does that.

Thanks

PS: Google Drive integration does that already.

Solution

  • Unfortunately slack does not support opening urls from message buttons. You can monitor what slack is planning on releasing here though: https://trello.com/b/ZnTQyumQ/slack-platform-roadmap-for-developers :)