Slack

Slack is a messaging platform for teams to communicate and collaborate.

Categories: communication, developer-tools

Type: slack/v1

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Connections

Version: 1

OAuth2 Authorization Code

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
clientId	Client Id	STRING		true
clientSecret	Client Secret	STRING		true

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Actions

Send Approval Message

Name: sendApprovalMessage

Sends approval message to a channel.

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
channel	Channel	STRING	Channel, private group, or IM channel to send message to.	true
text	Message	STRING	The text of your message.	true

Example JSON Structure

{
  "label" : "Send Approval Message",
  "name" : "sendApprovalMessage",
  "parameters" : {
    "channel" : "",
    "text" : ""
  },
  "type" : "slack/v1/sendApprovalMessage"
}

Output

Type: OBJECT

Properties

Name	Type	Description
ok	BOOLEAN Options true, false	Indicates if the message was successfully sent.
channel	STRING	ID of the channel the message was sent to.
ts	STRING	Timestamp of the message.
message	OBJECT Properties {STRING(user), STRING(type), STRING(ts), STRING(text), STRING(team), STRING(subtype)}	The sent message.
warning	STRING
responseMetadata	OBJECT Properties {[STRING](messages)}

Output Example

{
  "ok" : false,
  "channel" : "",
  "ts" : "",
  "message" : {
    "user" : "",
    "type" : "",
    "ts" : "",
    "text" : "",
    "team" : "",
    "subtype" : ""
  },
  "warning" : "",
  "responseMetadata" : {
    "messages" : [ "" ]
  }
}

Send message

Name: sendMessage

Sends a message to a public channel, private channel, or existing direct message conversation.

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
channel	Channel ID	STRING	ID of the channel, private group, or IM channel to send message to.	true
text	Message	STRING	The text of your message.	true

Example JSON Structure

{
  "label" : "Send message",
  "name" : "sendMessage",
  "parameters" : {
    "channel" : "",
    "text" : ""
  },
  "type" : "slack/v1/sendMessage"
}

Output

Type: OBJECT

Properties

Name	Type	Description
ok	BOOLEAN Options true, false	Indicates if the message was successfully sent.
channel	STRING	ID of the channel the message was sent to.
ts	STRING	Timestamp of the message.
message	OBJECT Properties {STRING(user), STRING(type), STRING(ts), STRING(text), STRING(team), STRING(subtype)}	The sent message.
warning	STRING
responseMetadata	OBJECT Properties {[STRING](messages)}

Output Example

{
  "ok" : false,
  "channel" : "",
  "ts" : "",
  "message" : {
    "user" : "",
    "type" : "",
    "ts" : "",
    "text" : "",
    "team" : "",
    "subtype" : ""
  },
  "warning" : "",
  "responseMetadata" : {
    "messages" : [ "" ]
  }
}

Send Direct Message

Name: sendDirectMessage

Sends a direct message to another user in a workspace. If it hasn’t already, a direct message conversation will be created.

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
channel	User ID	STRING	ID of the user to send the direct message to.	true
text	Message	STRING	The text of your message.	true

Example JSON Structure

{
  "label" : "Send Direct Message",
  "name" : "sendDirectMessage",
  "parameters" : {
    "channel" : "",
    "text" : ""
  },
  "type" : "slack/v1/sendDirectMessage"
}

Output

Type: OBJECT

Properties

Name	Type	Description
ok	BOOLEAN Options true, false	Indicates if the message was successfully sent.
channel	STRING	ID of the channel the message was sent to.
ts	STRING	Timestamp of the message.
message	OBJECT Properties {STRING(user), STRING(type), STRING(ts), STRING(text), STRING(team), STRING(subtype)}	The sent message.
warning	STRING
responseMetadata	OBJECT Properties {[STRING](messages)}

Output Example

{
  "ok" : false,
  "channel" : "",
  "ts" : "",
  "message" : {
    "user" : "",
    "type" : "",
    "ts" : "",
    "text" : "",
    "team" : "",
    "subtype" : ""
  },
  "warning" : "",
  "responseMetadata" : {
    "messages" : [ "" ]
  }
}