How to forward SMS to Slack

Forward SMS is a versatile iOS app that seamlessly forwards SMS to emails, URLs/APIs, or Telegram.
Set up Slack webhook
- Create a new app in slack to handle incoming SMS. Refer this link to create one.
- Enter the app name and workspace where app should be created.
- Activate Incoming webhooks from the webhooks tab. The webhook tab can be accessed from app's management dashboard
- Now webhooks are enabled, create a new webhook by clicking on Add New Webhook to Workspace button
- It will prompt for the channel where the webhooks shoiuld be added. Select a channel or you can create a new channel separately and come back here later.
- You'll be sent back to your app settings, where you should see a new entry under the Webhook URLs for Your Workspace section. Your webhook URL will look something like this:
https://hooks.slack.com/services/T00000000/B00000000/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX- Keep the URL handy as it will be used in app to setup forwarding rule
Set up rule in app
- Create a rule
- Add a receiver and select Slack from the options.
- In the URL section, enter the URL provided by Slack after creating webhook.
- Send a test message. This allows you to verify that the rule is correctly set up and functioning as intended, ensuring that SMS messages are forwarded according to your specified criteria.
- Save the rule.
- Your rule has been setup, check in Slack application to make sure forwarded text are received.