botframework-sdk: [DCR] Allow for Slack Block Kit API
Issue
Per: https://github.com/microsoft/botbuilder-js/issues/1014
Note: Based on testing, the issue isn’t that the user is using a ChoicePrompt. It’s that we don’t map the API.
Slack has a new Block Kit API. It accepts formats like:
{
"type": string,
"image_url": string,
"alt_text": string
}
Currently, in Slack we allow channel-specific:
Attachments
"channelData": {
"text": "Now back in stock! :tada:",
"attachments": [
[...]
]
Actions
"channelData": {
"payload": {
"actions": [
[...]
],
Proposed change
Allow for:
"channelData": {
"text": "Now back in stock! :tada:",
"blocks": [
[...]
]
Component Impact
Several on the Intercom Repo (not sure exactly what). I don’t believe any updates will be necessary to public SDK as all the changes are in channelData. In my own testing, blocks goes through, but Slack doesn’t know what to do with it, so I think it just needs to be mapped properly.
Customer Impact
Will allow Slack Customers to use new Block Kit API
Tracking Status
Dotnet SDK
- PR
- Merged
Javascript SDK
- PR
- Merged
Java SDK
- PR
- Merged
Python SDK
- PR
- Merged
Emulator
- PR
- Merged
Samples
- PR
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Docs
- PR
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Tools
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About this issue
- Original URL
- State: closed
- Created 5 years ago
- Reactions: 24
- Comments: 17 (12 by maintainers)
+1 on getting this resolved, this is a huge blocker for us as an organization.
This conversation has been started with @benbrown and others.
hi Ben! If this is something that is going to be implemented I would like to know if you can give us an idea of the timeframe? Thanks!
@jmnsf Based on my understanding of the roadmap right now, the activities endpoint will not be updated with support for Block Kit any time soon.
You may want to consider moving to the adapter linked above - it will give you access to all of the newer Slack features.
@cleemullins are there plans to do this at the BotFramework level, i.e. using
channelDataas with most other functionality (and also as described in the issue)? We can already use the Slack API directly for this, but one would think sidestepping the platform goes against the point of having one in the first place.There’s also the REST API which has no support for this either.
Note: If your bot is in Node, you can use the BotKit Slack Adapter, since it supports the Block Kit API.