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	Control Type	Description	Required
clientId	Client Id	STRING	TEXT		true
clientSecret	Client Secret	STRING	TEXT		true

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Actions

Send message

Name: sendMessage

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

Properties

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

Output

Type: OBJECT

Properties

Name	Type	Control Type
ok	BOOLEAN Options true, false	SELECT
channel	STRING	TEXT
ts	STRING	TEXT
message	OBJECT Properties {STRING(user), STRING(type), STRING(ts), STRING(text), STRING(team), STRING(subtype)}	OBJECT_BUILDER
warning	STRING	TEXT
responseMetadata	OBJECT Properties {[STRING](messages)}	OBJECT_BUILDER

JSON Example

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

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

Output

Type: OBJECT

Properties

Name	Type	Control Type
ok	BOOLEAN Options true, false	SELECT
channel	STRING	TEXT
ts	STRING	TEXT
message	OBJECT Properties {STRING(user), STRING(type), STRING(ts), STRING(text), STRING(team), STRING(subtype)}	OBJECT_BUILDER
warning	STRING	TEXT
responseMetadata	OBJECT Properties {[STRING](messages)}	OBJECT_BUILDER

JSON Example

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