app_requested event

User requested an app

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{
  "type": "app_requested",
  "app_request":{
      "id": "1234",
      "app": {
        "id": "A5678",
        "name": "Brent's app",
        "description": "They're good apps, Bront.",
        "help_url": "brontsapp.com",
        "privacy_policy_url": "brontsapp.com",
        "app_homepage_url": "brontsapp.com",
        "app_directory_url": "https://slack.slack.com/apps/A102ARD7Y",
        "is_app_directory_approved": true,
        "is_internal": false,
        "additional_info": "none"
      },
      "previous_resolution": {
         "status": "approved",
         "scopes": [
          {
            "name": "app_requested",
            "description": "allows this app to listen for app install requests",
            "is_sensitive": false,
            "token_type": "user",
          }]
      },
      "user":{
        "id": "U1234",
        "name": "Bront",
        "email": "bront@brent.com"
      },
      "team": {
        "id": "T1234",
        "name": "Brant App Team",
        "domain": "brantappteam"
      },
      "scopes": [
        {
          "name": "app_requested",
          "description": "allows this app to listen for app install requests",
          "is_sensitive": false,
          "token_type": "user"
        }
      ],
      "message": "none"
  }
}

The app_requested event payload contains info about an app that a user on a team has requested to install.

1. The app field gives info on the app that the user has requested. Nested inside the app field, the help_url, privacy_policy_url, app_homepage_url, and app_directory_url fields contain links to more information on the app.
2. The previous_resolution field indicates whether the app was previously approved or restricted in this org. If the app installation has not been requested before, previous_resolution won't appear in the payload.
3. The user field gives info on the user requesting the install.
4. The team field gives info on the team that the app will be installed on.
5. The scopes field gives info on the scopes that the app requests.
6. The message field may contain an optional message from the app.

Events API compatibility

Subscribe to this event via the Events API.

Events of this type will be wrapped in metadata when sent via the Events API.

Unavailable in the RTM API

This event type is compatible only with the Events API.