{"id":1585,"date":"2015-12-08T17:43:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T22:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/iot\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2015-12-08T17:43:38","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T22:43:38","slug":"send-messages-from-devices-to-slack-using-thingspeak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/iot\/2015\/12\/08\/send-messages-from-devices-to-slack-using-thingspeak\/","title":{"rendered":"Send Messages From Devices to Slack Using ThingSpeak [tutorial]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slack<\/a> is a team collaboration tool to make your work life simpler. It\u00a0is an extremely popular way to receive messages from team members all in one place and integrate with external web services. One possible integration is with <a href=\"https:\/\/thingspeak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ThingSpeak<\/a>. ThingSpeak is an open data platform for the Internet of Things. Devices all around the world are using ThingSpeak to collect data from sensors and send data to apps and other devices. In the not too distant future, things will be a part of your team. Relevant equipment statues, sensor readings, and updates will inform decisions and will be shared among\u00a0team members and other Slack services.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.thingspeak.com\/tutorials\/\/slack\/send-messages-from-devices-to-slack-using-thingspeak\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1583\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/iot\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/15\/files\/2015\/12\/Arduino_Slack_ThingSpeak1.png\" alt=\"Arduino Slack ThingSpeak\" width=\"244\" height=\"159\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By following our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/community.thingspeak.com\/tutorials\/\/slack\/send-messages-from-devices-to-slack-using-thingspeak\/\" target=\"_blank\">tutorial<\/a>, you will be able to use ThingSpeak to send messages to your team\u2019s Slack channel. This will also allow devices like an Arduino to use Slack since ThingSpeak will take care of authentication and HTTPS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"overview-image\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/iot\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/15\/files\/2015\/12\/Arduino_Slack_ThingSpeak1.png\" onError=\"this.style.display ='none';\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Slack is a team collaboration tool to make your work life simpler. It\u00a0is an extremely popular way to receive messages from team members all in one place and integrate with external web services. One&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/iot\/2015\/12\/08\/send-messages-from-devices-to-slack-using-thingspeak\/\">read more >><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[60,219,36,16,98],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/iot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/iot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/iot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/iot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/iot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/iot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1586,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/iot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions\/1586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/iot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/iot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/iot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}