Integrations

Slack #

Slack is a cross-platform, instant messaging tool that can contain all of your team’s communication in one place.

Blossom’s Slack integration allows important events in Blossom to be sent as real-time project updates directly to your Slack channels.

If you want to connect Slack with Blossom, just follow the steps in this short video, or see below:

When in a channel, click the drop down arrow to the right of the channel’s name
Select the “Add a service integration…” option, which will open up a Slack page in your browser
Click the “+ Blossom” button
Select the channel in which you want your notifications to be posted in the dropdown
Click the “Add Blossom integration” button
Expand the “Setup Instructions” to find the “Slack Webhook URL” and copy this
Go into a Blossom project and click “Project Settings”
Select the “Slack” integration option
Paste the ““Slack Webhook URL” from Step 6 in the “Your Slack Webhook URL” section
Click the checkbox next to “Connect to Slack”
Click the “View Preferences” button to control what notifications get sent to your Slack Channel

HipChat #

HipChat is a simple group chat & instant messaging service for teams.

Blossom’s HipChat integration allows you to connect your Blossom projects to HipChat rooms to receive real-time project updates directly inside of HipChat.

If you want to connect HipChat with Blossom, just follow the steps below (or check out our blog post):

Open the settings drop down in the Blossom project which you want to connect to your HipChat room
Fill in your HipChat auth token and the HipChat room name or ID that you want to connect to. If you are a HipChat group admin you can create a notification auth token at http://hipchat.com/admin/api
Connect your project to HipChat and you are good to go. You will see a confirmation message posted to your room soon afterwards

Further Links:
https://www.blossom.co/blog/take-a-look-at-our-new-hipchat-integration
https://www.blossom.co/features/hipchat

Flowdock #

Flowdock is a team collaboration app that includes group chat and a team inbox.

Blossom’s Flowdock integration allows you to connect your Blossom projects to Flowdock Flows to receive real-time project updates directly inside of Flowdock..

If you want to connect Flowdock with Blossom, just follow the steps below (or check out our blog post):

Go to https://www.flowdock.com/account/tokens
Find your token in the section “Flow API tokens” and copy this
Go into a Blossom project and click “Project Settings”
Paste the API token from Step 2 into the “API Token” input
Click “Connect to Flowdock”

GitHub #

GitHub is the largest code host on the planet with over 16.2 million repositories.

Blossom’s current GitHub integration includes:

Automatic tracking of GitHub Branches for you
Pull Request Support – one click away to view the diff and start your code review
GitHub Activity in Daily Email Digests
Weekly and monthly Codebase Activity Reports
Block Cards via Commit Message
Support for GitHub Issues
Notifications for Slack, HipChat, Flowdock

GitHub Branches #

If you want to connect GitHub with Blossom, just follow the steps below:

Go into a Blossom project and click “Project Settings”
Select the “GitHub” integration option
Click the “Connect to GitHub” button to get redirected to Blossom’s Application Authorization page at github.com
As soon as your GitHub account is successfully connected you can choose the GitHub Repositories you want to connect with your Blossom Project
Create a new Branch in your Repository and add it to an associated card by clicking “Add Branch …” in the GitHub Widget of the card. Choose & select your newly created Branch from the dropdown list and you are all set to enjoy all GitHub integration features with your team.
As soon as a Branch is connected to a card we automatically pull activity on GitHub into it, so you don’t have to manually update your coding progress all the time to keep everyone in your team in the loop.

You’ll see at a glance what’s going on in a specific branch, for example:

When the last commit was
How many commits have been made
How many files changed
Who is working on it
What the Pull Request status is