Event Registration
When you create or edit an event, you will be able to enable and configure registration settings for the event within Slack.
Event Settings
When you create or edit an event, you will be able to configure registration settings for that event under the Registration Settings section.
- Show registration button for event - enables users to register for the event
- Use Event Link for registration button - when enabled, the registration button will redirect users to the URL provided in the Link field. The link will no longer be shown in the event body. You must have the registration button enabled and a URL defined in the event Link field.
- Make guest list and guest count public - when enabled, all users are able to see the number of attendees and the guest list for published events
- Enable Webhooks - when enabled, actions related to this Event are emitted to all subscribed webhooks
- Webhook Custom Metadata - this value is included as a string in the
custom_metadatafield of the payload sent to the events registration webhook. Can be used to configure one-click registration by including metadata from a third-party event system.
Recommendation: If your event is hosted entirely through Tightknit in
Slack and you want your companion site to direct users into Slack for
registration, we recommend using the copying the link of the event
announcement message in Slack and using it as the event link in Tightknit. You
can find message links in Slack by hovering over the message, clicking the ⋮
menu, and selecting Copy link.
Events Webhook
Each time a user registers or unregisters for a Tightknit event in Slack, we send information about the registration action to your subscribed webhooks. Read More↗
One-click Registration
Prevent your users from having to make redundant registrations in multiple places! If your event registration info lives on a third-party platform (e.g., Zoom, Luma, Google Calendar, etc), you can configure one-click registration for your Tightknit events by taking advantage of the webhook feature. In other words, when a user clicks "Register" in Slack, their registration information is forwarded to another system like Zoom.
This is a high-level guide of the steps you might take:
Create webhook endpoint
In a webhook application of your choice (e.g., Zapier (opens in a new tab), Make (opens in a new tab)), create a webhook endpoint that will listen for Tightknit events. Copy the URL of the endpoint. For example, a webhook URL from Zapier might look like this: https://hooks.zapier.com/hooks/catch/123456/abcd1234
Register the webhook in Tightknit
In the Tighktnit webhooks admin settings, register the webhook URL from the previous step as a new webhook.
Find relevant metadata for event on third-party platform
Determine what information is required to match the event from Tightknit with the event on your third-party platform. Typically, this is a unique identifier (ID) for the event. For example, a Zoom webinar might have an ID like this: 88333096148.
Configure Tightknit event webhook custom metadata
To edit your event in Tightknit, use the /events command, find your event in the list, and select Edit Event from the drop-down menu. Under the Registration Settings section, configure the following:
- Select the webhook from Step 2 for the Webhook for Registration Data
- Enter the metadata from the Step 3 in the Webhook Custom Metadata field
Each time a user clicks the registration button in Slack, Tightknit will send a payload to your webhook URL that contains the custom metadata. You can use this custom metadata to connect the registration information in the third-party platform.
Set up webhook application workflow
In the webhook application of your choice from Step 1, configure a workflow to take in the event registration data from Tightknit. Forward this data to the third-party platform, and connect it to the correct record on that platform by matching on the custom metadata from Step 4.
For more specific examples, check out the following tutorials: