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How can I create Hyperlinks in slack snippet

How does one create hyperlinks in slack snippets?

I am trying to upload a snippet through WEB API, but the Hyperlinks that am providing doesn't work and it posts as normal text. I can create hyperlinks in attachments, but I want to do the same with snippets.

Solution

  • Snippets are plain text and can not contain formatted text. If you want to upload a text file with hyperlinks you need to create a post.

    Use files.upload with the following minimum parameters:

    • token: your token
    • content: string with the content of you file via this POST variable
    • filetype: post
    • channel: ID of channels to share directly

    Add additional parameters as needed, but don't use the file parameter.

    Your file can be a standard text file. URLs will be automatically converted.

    Example:

    This is a test file! Hyperlink: https://www.google.de/

    This is how it looks in Slack: enter image description here