How to send a URL button to a Slack channel?

This article demonstrates configuring and sending a URL button to a specific Slack channel using Quickwork. 

What you'll need:

Skill level: Easy

Time required: 5 minutes

• Trigger: Scheduler by Quickwork 
• Slack action: Send message on button click
• A channel in your Slack account

What is a URL button

A URL button is embedded with a text and webpage URL of the user's choice. Upon clicking, the associated webpage opens in a new window. 

Let's try sending a URL button of a webpage to a specific Slack channel. 

Configuring the trigger

1. Under the Event section, choose the Scheduler by Quickwork app from the drop-down menu in the Apps list present right below the New Trigger button.
2. Select the trigger event, New scheduled event, from the drop-down menu in the Triggers field.
3. Set the Interval as per your choice based on how often you want the journey to be executed. E.g., 15 seconds. 
4. Set the date and time of your choice in the Start At field and keep the Custom Payload field empty:

Configuring the action

1. Under the Steps section, click on the Simple Action button and choose the Slack app from the drop-down menu in the Apps list.
2. Select the Send message on button click action from the drop-down menu in the Actions field.
3. Click the Link an account button to establish a new slack connection. By allowing the permissions, your Slack account gets connected successfully.
4. Upon successful connection establishment, the input fields will open.
5. In the Channel input field, select the channel to which you want to send the buttons. E.g., mypersonal.
6. In the Basic text field, enter the information you want to associate with the URL buttons. E.g., For more information, visit the blog page:
7. Ignore the Block field since it is used in the case of sending the postback buttons. 
8. In the Attachment title field, enter the name of the button. E.g., Blog. 
9. Enter the URL in the Attachment title link field to which the users must be redirected upon clicking the button. E.g., https://couchscripter.medium.com.
10. Ignore the rest of the input fields:

Executing the journey

Save the changes of the journey and click the Save & Start button. You'll be redirected to the History window. Now go to your Slack channel. You'll see the URL button that we configured:

Now, clicking the Blog button will redirect you to the associated webpage. 

Similarly, you can send a message to a user on Slack. Simply use the Send message to a user action instead.