---
title: "Create a Slack Bot with NodeJS and Slack Bolt API"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/create-a-slack-bot-with-nodejs-and-slack-bolt-api-ov8e7cqqk
source_url: https://dev.to/olibhiaghosh/create-a-slack-bot-with-nodejs-and-slack-bolt-api-13hm
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
author: "Olibhia"
published: 2024-10-16T16:42:46.508Z
updated: 2024-12-09T11:00:18.836Z
tags: ["webdev", "javascript", "nodejs", "slack"]
reading_time: 8
upvotes: 12
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Create a Slack Bot with NodeJS and Slack Bolt API

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · [@olibhiaghosh](https://daily.dev/olibhiaghosh) · 8 min read · 12 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

Learn to create a Slack bot using Slack Bolt API and NodeJS. The guide covers setting up a Slack workspace, creating a Slack app, setting up a server using NodeJS, and adding basic functionalities like replying to messages. It also explains how to authenticate the bot with tokens and enable socket mode for communication.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://dev.to/olibhiaghosh/create-a-slack-bot-with-nodejs-and-slack-bolt-api-13hm>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@olibhiaghosh** · 1 upvotes

> Thanks for sharing :)

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Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#slack](https://daily.dev/tags/slack)

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