---
title: "Start Slack OAuth for a destination"
method: POST
path: "/api/{org_id}/alerts/destinations/slack/oauth/start"
tags: ["Alerts"]
---

# Start Slack OAuth for a destination

`POST /api/{org_id}/alerts/destinations/slack/oauth/start`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.openobserve.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.openobserve.ai/api/{org_id}/alerts/destinations/slack/oauth/start`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/openobserve/apis/openobserve-api-http/docs/api/:org_id/alerts/destinations/slack/oauth/start/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `org_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Slack authorization URL

- SlackOAuthStartResponse: Where to send the browser to authorize the app; the signed state is already embedded in the URL.
  - `authorizationUrl` string, required

## Other responses

- `500`: Internal server error
- `503`: Slack OAuth is not configured

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/openobserve/apis/openobserve-api-http.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/openobserve/apis/openobserve-api-http/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/openobserve/apis/openobserve-api-http/revisions/0529b8a10252?raw)