Answer country questions about IPs in Slack
Get a country-level lookup where the question is already being discussed.
Trigger
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Action
Country by IP Address API
Tool to geolocate an ip address and retrieve country details and demographics. use when you need country-level data after obtaining the target ip address.
Why this helps
A simple location question becomes a distraction when the person coordinating the answer has to research it elsewhere.
- Add country and demographic context to a team question.
- Keep findings visible to everyone in the Slack thread.
- Cut down on search detours during customer or operations triage.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Big data cloud to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal, or ask Notis in plain language to look up country details when an IP location question appears in a channel.
- 3Write one instruction to summarize the returned country context for the thread.
- 4Select the Slack channel message trigger and choose where run reports should appear.
- 5Test with an approved example IP and a real country question.
Questions about this workflow
What can this lookup report?
The Country by IP Address API returns country details and demographics for an IP address.
Does it provide exact location?
No. This action provides country-level details, not precise coordinates.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
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New Channel Created Trigger
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Channel Message Received
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Direct Message Received
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Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Country by IP Address API
Tool to geolocate an ip address and retrieve country details and demographics. use when you need country-level data after obtaining the target ip address.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
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