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Replicate Multiple Slack Accounts
Replicate multiple Slack accounts to one or many databases.
CData Sync for Slack is a stand-alone application that provides solutions for a variety of replication scenarios such as replicating sandbox and production instances into your database. Both Sync for Windows and Sync for Java include a command-line interface (CLI) that makes it easy to manage multiple Slack connections. In this article we show how to use the CLI to replicate multiple Slack accounts.
Configure Slack Connections
You can save connection and email notification settings in an XML configuration file. To replicate multiple Slack accounts, use multiple configuration files. Below is an example configuration to replicate Slack to SQLite:
Windows
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<CDataSync>
<DatabaseType>SQLite</DatabaseType>
<DatabaseProvider>System.Data.SQLite</DatabaseProvider>
<ConnectionString>OAuthClientId=MyOAuthClientId;OAuthClientSecret=MyOAuthClientSecret;CallbackURL=http://localhost:33333;</ConnectionString>
<ReplicateAll>False</ReplicateAll>
<NotificationUserName></NotificationUserName>
<DatabaseConnectionString>Data Source=C:\my.db</DatabaseConnectionString>
<TaskSchedulerStartTime>09:51</TaskSchedulerStartTime>
<TaskSchedulerInterval>Never</TaskSchedulerInterval>
</CDataSync>
Java
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<CDataSync>
<DatabaseType>SQLite</DatabaseType>
<DatabaseProvider>org.sqlite.JDBC</DatabaseProvider>
<ConnectionString>OAuthClientId=MyOAuthClientId;OAuthClientSecret=MyOAuthClientSecret;CallbackURL=http://localhost:33333;</ConnectionString>
<ReplicateAll>False</ReplicateAll>
<NotificationUserName></NotificationUserName>
<DatabaseConnectionString>Data Source=C:\my.db</DatabaseConnectionString>
</CDataSync>
Slack uses the OAuth authentication standard. To authenticate using OAuth, you will need to create an app to obtain the OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL connection properties. See the Getting Started section of the help documentation for an authentication guide.
Configure Queries for Each Slack Instance
Sync enables you to control replication with standard SQL. The REPLICATE statement is a high-level command that caches and maintains a table in your database. You can define any SELECT query supported by the Slack API. The statement below caches and incrementally updates a table of Slack data:
REPLICATE Channels;
You can specify a file containing the replication queries you want to use to update a particular database. Separate replication statements with semicolons. The following options are useful if you are replicating multiple Slack accounts into the same database:
You can use a different table prefix in the REPLICATE SELECT statement:
REPLICATE PROD_Channels SELECT * FROM Channels
Alternatively, you can use a different schema:
REPLICATE PROD.Channels SELECT * FROM Channels
Run Sync
After you have configured the connection strings and replication queries, you can run Sync with the following command-line options:
Windows
SlackSync.exe -g MyProductionSlackConfig.xml -f MyProductionSlackSync.sql
Java
java -Xbootclasspath/p:c:\sqlitejdbc.jar -jar SlackSync.jar -g MyProductionSlackConfig.xml -f MyProductionSlackSync.sql
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