// use case

Expose your Django dev server to Slack for Slack events

1. 1

   Reserve a stable subdomain

   On the lrok free plan you keep one reserved subdomain forever. Pick a name your Slack dashboard can hold onto — webhook URLs that survive laptop restarts mean fewer dashboard re-pastes.

   $ lrok reserve dja-slack
     Reserved https://dja-slack.lrok.io

2. 2

   Run your Django app

   Start the dev server on port 8000 (the Django default).

   $ python manage.py runserver

3. 3

   Tunnel localhost to the public URL

   lrok forwards https://dja-slack.lrok.io/webhooks/ → http://127.0.0.1:8000/webhooks/. The flag --hint binds your reserved subdomain to this tunnel.

   $ lrok http 8000 --hint dja-slack
     Forwarding https://dja-slack.lrok.io  ->  http://127.0.0.1:8000

4. 4

   Paste the URL into Slack

   Slack app → Event Subscriptions → Request URL. Paste https://dja-slack.lrok.io/webhooks/ as the destination.

5. 5

   Watch deliveries land in the request inspector

   Every webhook Slack sends shows up at lrok.io/dashboard with full body, headers, status, and latency. Re-deliver any request to your Django handler with one click. On the first paste of your URL into Slack, the app sends a {"type":"url_verification","challenge":"..."} POST. Echo back the challenge as JSON and you're live.