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Rustam edited this page Dec 20, 2025 · 14 revisions
EZ Login

EZ-Login 3000 is a funny name for a process that let’s you log in to Slack Workspace using the browser, in contrast to manually extracting token and authentication cookies. It is also the only way to authenticate with Single-Sign-On. It uses the Chromium-compatible browser in conjunction with brilliant rod and playwright libraries to automate the process. Default library is "rod".

Note
 You will need Linux, macOS or Windows to use EZ-Login 3000.

The High level login process

  1. Run the following command to login into new workspace:

slackdump workspace new <workspace_name>

  1. Select EZ-Login Method.

    • if automatic mode is selected, enter your email and password.

  2. Browser starts on the login page, enter your credentials as you would normally do.

    • if automatic mode is selected on step 4, the login happens automatically in an invisible browser (on Windows, you may see an empty window for the duration of the login).

  3. Slackdump executes.

There are several ways of authentication, which are covered below.

Login Methods

The Method selection looks similar to this:

Method Selection Menu

Use your cursor keys to select the desired method and press Enter or Return to select.

Interactive

In this mode, the browser is opened on the login page of the selected Slack Workspace.

Automatic

Automatic login only works with Email/Password login, you need to enter your Email and Password, and then Slackauth will use a headless browser to login for you.

Automatic Login

User Browser

This method is identical to Interactive login with the only difference being - it opens the selected browser with the user profile loaded to avoid bot detection, which is necessary for Google Authentication.

When selected, you will be offered to choose one of the browsers installed on your system. Pick one you like the most.

Browser Selection

To log in with Google Authentication, do the following:

  1. If your current browser is open, close it completely (Press Alt+F4 on Windows, or in Linux; press Cmd+Q on MacOS).

  2. Choose "User Browser" in the EZ-Login method selection.

  3. Choose any browser on the "Detected browsers" selection screen.

  4. The browser will open on the Slack Workspace login screen.

  5. Click "Google" button and login with your Google Account.

  6. Wait for the Slack to login. The Slackdump will automatically "click" the "open Slack in your browser" and close the browser.

  7. You’re authenticated.

QR Code

QR Code allows one to log in using the "Mobile Sign In" option in the already logged in slack client.

  1. In Slackdump menu, choose Workspace =⇒ New =⇒ Login In Browser;

  2. Type the workspace name, or paste a workspace URL;

  3. Choose "QR Code", and press Enter;

  4. In Slack, click the Workspace name, then chose "Sign in on mobile". This provides a QR code that can be used for sign-in.

  5. Right click the QR code and choose "Copy image URL".

  6. Paste it into Slackdump QR Code image prompt.

  7. Press Enter.

A browser will open for a short period of time, and the credentials will be captured and saved.

Supported browsers

For rod, only Chromium family browsers are supported:

  • Brave;

  • Chromium;

  • Google Chrome;

  • Microsoft Edge.

For playwright:

  • Firefox;

  • Chromium.

Unsupported browsers: - Every other browser not listed above.

Advanced topics

Using playwright instead of rod

To use playwright instead of rod, use the -legacy-browser flag. For example to start playwright’s Firefox browser in v2:

slackdump -legacy-browser -browser firefox -list-users

To do the same in v3:

slackdump workspace new -browser firefox -legacy-browser <your workspace name>

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