hookdeck/webhook-skills/slack-webhooks

const crypto = require('crypto');
function verifySlackRequest(rawBody, signatureHeader, timestampHeader, signingSecret) {
  if (!signatureHeader || !timestampHeader || !signingSecret) return false;
  // Replay protection: reject requests older than 5 minutes
  const timestamp = parseInt(timestampHeader, 10);
  if (Number.isNaN(timestamp)) return false;
  if (Math.abs(Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) - timestamp) > 60 * 5) return false;
  // Slack signs the literal string: "v0:" + timestamp + ":" + raw body
  const basestring = `v0:${timestamp}:${rawBody}`;
  const expected = 'v0=' + crypto
    .createHmac('sha256', signingSecret)
    .update(basestring, 'utf8')
    .digest('hex');
  try {
    return crypto.timingSafeEqual(
      Buffer.from(signatureHeader),
      Buffer.from(expected)
    );
  } catch {
    return false;
  }
}

const express = require('express');
const app = express();
// CRITICAL: Use express.raw() - Slack signs the raw body, not parsed JSON
app.post('/webhooks/slack',
  express.raw({ type: 'application/json' }),
  (req, res) => {
    const signature = req.headers['x-slack-signature'];
    const timestamp = req.headers['x-slack-request-timestamp'];
    const rawBody = req.body.toString('utf8');
    if (!verifySlackRequest(rawBody, signature, timestamp, process.env.SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET)) {
      return res.status(401).send('Invalid signature');
    }
    const payload = JSON.parse(rawBody);
    // Handle the one-time url_verification challenge when configuring the endpoint
    if (payload.type === 'url_verification') {
      return res.status(200).json({ challenge: payload.challenge });
    }
    // Standard event_callback envelope
    if (payload.type === 'event_callback') {
      const event = payload.event;
      switch (event.type) {
        case 'app_mention':
          console.log(`Mentioned by ${event.user} in ${event.channel}: ${event.text}`);
          break;
        case 'message':
          console.log(`Message in ${event.channel}: ${event.text}`);
          break;
        case 'reaction_added':
          console.log(`Reaction :${event.reaction}: added by ${event.user}`);
          break;
        case 'team_join':
          console.log(`New team member: ${event.user.id}`);
          break;
        case 'app_home_opened':
          console.log(`App home opened by ${event.user}`);
          break;
        default:
          console.log(`Unhandled event: ${event.type}`);
      }
    }
    // Respond within 3 seconds or Slack will retry
    res.status(200).send('OK');
  }
);

import hmac
import hashlib
import time
def verify_slack_request(raw_body: bytes, signature_header: str, timestamp_header: str, signing_secret: str) -> bool:
    if not signature_header or not timestamp_header or not signing_secret:
        return False
    try:
        timestamp = int(timestamp_header)
    except ValueError:
        return False
    # Replay protection: reject requests older than 5 minutes
    if abs(time.time() - timestamp) > 60 * 5:
        return False
    # Slack signs the literal string: "v0:" + timestamp + ":" + raw body
    basestring = f"v0:{timestamp}:{raw_body.decode('utf-8')}".encode("utf-8")
    expected = "v0=" + hmac.new(
        signing_secret.encode("utf-8"),
        basestring,
        hashlib.sha256,
    ).hexdigest()
    return hmac.compare_digest(expected, signature_header)

{ "challenge": "<value from request>" }

SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET=your_signing_secret   # From Slack App → Basic Information → App Credentials

# Forward Slack events to your local server (no account required)
npx hookdeck-cli listen 3000 slack --path /webhooks/slack

// Generated with: slack-webhooks skill
// https://github.com/hookdeck/webhook-skills