# How to set up sending notifications about Swarmica events to Slack
# Instructions

:::info
To set up notifications in Slack, you need to create a webhook for the appropriate channel of this kind: `https://https://hooks.slack.com/services/T00000000/B00000000/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX`
:::

1. Log in to Swarmica as an Administrator.

2. Create a webhook in **Settings - Outgoing Webhooks**, enter **Name, URL** of the webhook, **method** - POST, and in the **Data** field, enter data of the following kind:

```json
{
 "text": "<text>",                 # message text
 "channel": "<channel_name>",      # channel name
 "username": "<username>",         # on whose behalf the message was sent (the existence of a real user with such a name is not necessary)
 "icon_url": "<icon_url>"          # (optional) URL of the icon that will be displayed before the username
}
```

More detailed information about the data format can be found in the [official Slack documentation](https://docs.slack.dev/messaging/sending-messages-using-incoming-webhooks/)

More information on how to form the notification text can be found [here](https://support.swarmica.com/article/ru/1805-kak-sostavit-tekst-uvedomlenij-iz-swarmica-vo-vneshnie-sistemy.html).

![](https://support.swarmica.com/attachments/6/I/6IM-OSLdpYpaSv08_a/изображение.png)

3. Create an action on the event in **Settings - Actions on Event - Create - Outgoing Webhook**

![](https://support.swarmica.com/attachments/o/4/o4X2JwNmDby9FxRC_a/action-on-trigger.png)

4. On the page that opens, enter **Name**, select the created webhook as **Action**, select **Event Type**, set the necessary conditions, set **Status - enabled** and click **Save**. 

![](https://support.swarmica.com/attachments/7/P/7PgS3mL8aFCznEMe_a/action-on-trigger-slack-settings.png)