Slack links open in Slack
When Bouncer sends a Slack link to the Slack app, it turns the web link into a Slack link. Slack then opens the right channel, message, or person instead of its home screen.
Which links Bouncer rewrites
Section titled “Which links Bouncer rewrites”Bouncer knows four shapes of Slack web link:
- A channel link. This is the address in your browser while you view a channel on app.slack.com.
- A message link. This is the link Slack gives you when you copy a link to a message. It names the channel and, if present, the message.
- A redirect link. This is a slack.com link that names a channel and a team and hands you to the app.
- A person’s profile link. This is the link to a member of your workspace.
Each of these becomes a Slack link. For example, a channel link becomes a link like slack://channel?team=…&id=…. Slack reads it and goes straight to that channel.
Any other Slack web link, such as a file link, opens with the Slack app as a normal web link. Slack decides what to show.
When this applies
Section titled “When this applies”The rewrite happens only when the link is going to the Slack app. That is the case in two situations:
- Prefer native apps is on, and the link is on Slack’s built-in route. See Turn on Prefer native apps.
- A rule sends the link to the Slack app. See Route any link to any app.
A Slack link that goes to a browser is not changed.