Systems and methods for initiating external actions via a group-based communication system

A computer program product for initiating a processing action within an external application system based at least in part on a file object shared via a group-based communication platform, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising an executable portion configured to:

• store, within one or more non-transitory memory storage repositories, a processing action table identifying one or more processing actions available for one or more file objects;
• receive, from a client device, a selection of a file object and a processing action to be performed by an external application system for a selected file object, wherein a selected processing action is selected from the processing action table;
• provide, to the external application system, payload data identifying the selected file object and contextual data identifying the selected processing action and identifying the client device, to execute the selected processing action based at least in part on the payload data;
• based at least in part on the contextual data, cause the client device to display an interactive dialog;
• receive additional data from the client device via the interactive dialog;
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• provide the additional data to the external application system to be associated with the payload data to enable the external application system to utilize the additional data to execute the selected processing action.

A computer-implemented method for initiating a processing action within an external application system based at least in part on a file object shared via a group-based communication platform, wherein the method comprises:

• storing, within one or more non-transitory memory storage repositories, a processing action table identifying one or more processing actions available for one or more file objects;
• receiving, via one or more processors and from a client device, a selection of a file object and a processing action to be performed by an external application system for a selected file object, wherein a selected processing action is selected from the processing action table;
• providing, via the one or more processors to the external application system, payload data identifying the selected file object and contextual data identifying the selected processing action and identifying the client device, to execute the selected processing action based at least in part on the payload data;
• based at least in part on the contextual data, causing, via the one or more processors, the client device to display an interactive dialog;
• receiving, via the one or more processors, additional data from the client device via the interactive dialog;
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• providing, via the one or more processors, the additional data to the external application system to be associated with the payload data to enable the external application system to utilize the additional data to execute the selected processing action.