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M.K. Kim
M.K. Kim

Reputation: 531

Is there way to trigger events when a custom emoji is used in Slack API?

I'm looking to build a slack app and I like to find a trigger that listens to a custom emoji. for example, when I mention coffee emoji

"here's my treat ☕️ @jon_doe"

it fires event and do something in the backend

looks like there's app_mention event that fires when @bot is mentioned, but I like my custom emoji :custom_coffee to be tracked.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2659

Answers (1)

sandra
sandra

Reputation: 1566

There isn't a specific event type that fires when someone uses a custom emoji. The reaction_added event type would send an event payload to your app whenever a user reacts to a message with an emoji. You would then have to filter for the custom emoji of your choice. You could also have your app subscribe to the message event type. This event type would fire whenever someone sends a message in a channel your bot is in. You would then have to include logic that looks for the specific custom emoji.

Upvotes: 1

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