Get Backendless API failures into Slack
Surface API failures where your team can respond, with the request details that help you investigate.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Post message to channel
Deprecated: posts a message to a slack channel, direct message, or private channel. use `send message` instead.
Why this helps
Failures can sit unnoticed when you have to check Backendless logs separately from team conversations.
- See reported failures in a shared team channel.
- Keep error details close to the conversation where they are triaged.
- Reduce the need to watch Backendless logs manually.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Backendless and Slack to Notis once.
- 2Create an automation in Notis by describing the alert you want.
- 3Tell Notis to post a concise Slack alert when a Backendless request payload reports an API failure, including its supplied error and request details.
- 4Choose a Notis webhook trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Send one real failure payload to test the alert.
Questions about this workflow
What starts this workflow?
A request to the Notis webhook starts it. Configure the Backendless caller or service to send the failure details in that request.
Can the alert include a stack trace?
It can include details supplied in the webhook payload. Include only the diagnostic context you want shared in Slack.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Backendless to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Backendless triggers
Slack actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Set snooze duration
Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Add a custom emoji to a Slack team
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Add a remote file
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Add a star to an item
Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.
Add call participants
Registers new participants added to a slack call.
Add emoji
Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.
Add reaction to message
Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Backendless and Slack, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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