APIs for Managing Your Slack12% of the exam
Admin API methods for org automation
When an app built on the admin.* Web API methods should replace clicks in the admin dashboard: app approvals with app_requested, invite requests, session resets, workspace invites, channel placement, IdP group allowlists and defaults, and the analytics file.
Recommend when an Admin API could be used to automate Slack workspace and/or org administration.
~8 min read · 9 practice questions ·
What the exam expects
- Recommend an Admin API app when an Enterprise org's admins repeat a dashboard task (approving apps or invites, resetting sessions, inviting members, placing channels) across many workspaces.
- Design an app-approval app:
admin.apps:write, theapp_requestedevent,admin.apps.approveandadmin.apps.restrict, and what the install changes for admins. - Pick the right
admin.*family for a requirement:admin.inviteRequests.*,admin.users.session.reset,admin.users.invite,admin.conversations.restrictAccess.*,admin.conversations.setTeams,admin.usergroups.addChannels,admin.analytics.getFile. - Spot the requirement that belongs to another API (SCIM, Audit Logs, Discovery) or to no API at all.
Key terms: Admin API (Web API methods prefixed admin. for managing an Enterprise org); org-level install (OAuth install on the whole Enterprise org, which is the only way to get admin.* scopes); app management app (an app with admin.apps:write subscribed to app_requested); IdP group (a group of users synced from the identity provider); allowlist (IdP groups whose members alone can access a private channel).
Key facts
Where admin scopes come from
- Detail
- OAuth install on the entire Enterprise org by an Org Admin or Org Owner, not a workspace
App management app
- Detail
admin.apps:writeplus anapp_requestedsubscription
Effect of installing it
- Detail
- Approve apps on in every workspace; App Management UI replaced
Restore the UI
- Detail
- Revoke the app's token or uninstall it
Approve without scope lists
- Detail
- All requested scopes granted, optional ones included
admin.users.invite required arguments- Detail
team_id,email,channel_ids(at least one channel)
Session reset scope
- Detail
mobile_onlyorweb_only; default resets all sessions
Invite request automation
- Detail
invite_requestedevent plusadmin.inviteRequests.*; needsadmin.invites:writeto approve
Private channel allowlist
- Detail
admin.conversations.restrictAccess.addGroupwith an IdPgroup_id
IdP group default channels
- Detail
admin.usergroups.addChannels, up to one hundred
Analytics file
- Detail
- Compressed JSON, member or public channel, rolling 13 months
Sources for this section (10)
- admin.apps.approvedocs.slack.dev (opens in a new tab)
- Managing app approvalsdocs.slack.dev (opens in a new tab)
- Trailhead: Admin and Audit Logs APIstrailhead.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- admin.users.invitedocs.slack.dev (opens in a new tab)
- admin.users.session.resetdocs.slack.dev (opens in a new tab)
- invite_requested eventdocs.slack.dev (opens in a new tab)
- admin.inviteRequests.approvedocs.slack.dev (opens in a new tab)
- restrictAccess.addGroupdocs.slack.dev (opens in a new tab)
- usergroups.addChannelsdocs.slack.dev (opens in a new tab)
- admin.analytics.getFiledocs.slack.dev (opens in a new tab)
- Why must an Admin API app be installed on the Enterprise org rather than a workspace?
- When an app with `admin.apps:write` subscribed to `app_requested` is installed, what changes for admins?
- Why does an `admin.users.invite` call with only `team_id` and `email` fail?
- When should a security tool call `admin.users.session.reset` with `mobile_only`?
- Which method sets default channels for an IdP group?
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