In this article
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Use this Snap to send messages to a fellow team member, group, or channel that you have the permissions to.
Prerequisites
A valid and active account in the Slack workspace.
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Add Valid Slack Scopes based on the intended operation. See Required Slack Scopes below for details.
Required Slack Scopes
Any action you want to perform within a Slack workspace, additionally needs appropriate Scopes assigned to your app. See the Scope and Permissions article in Slack API documentation for the complete list and each Account page under Configuring Slack Accounts for information on defining Scopes for your app.
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| Parameter Name | Data Type | Description | Default Value | Example | ||||||||
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| Label | String |
| N/A | Send Message | ||||||||
| Message | String/Expression | Required. Enter the message to send to the recipients. See Formatting Messages for instructions to format your message text in the same manner as allowed in the web/desktop versions of Slack, using markup syntaxes. | N/A | Hello there! | ||||||||
| Target Type | Drop-down list | Select an option from the following list of permitted Target Types and specify the corresponding details needed:
| Public Channel | Private Channel/Group | ||||||||
| Channel | String/Expression/Suggestion | Required for Target Types - Public Channel and Private Channel/Group. Select a Click the
| N/A | #testprivate:G019B3ETYMB | ||||||||
| Users | String/Expression/Suggestion | Required for Target Type - Users. Select a Click the
| N/A | @user.name:W01A94P7MK1 | ||||||||
| Timestamp (if thread reply) | String/Expression | To reply to a message you received, enter or pass the Epoch timestamp of the received message. | N/A | 1601469028 | ||||||||
| Broadcast Reply | Check box | Select this check box to broadcast a reference to the threaded reply to the parent conversation. | Not selected | Selected | ||||||||
| Snap Execution | Drop-down list | Select one of the three following modes in which the Snap executes:
| Execute only | Validate & Execute |
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| Error | Reason | Resolution |
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| Unable to send the message to the given target. missing_scope | You have not added/defined the required Slack Scope for your App. | Ensure that your App is configured with the required Scopes and that the token and the inputs are valid before running the Pipeline again. |
| Unable to send the message to the given target. not_in_channel | At least one of the Users you specified is not available in the Channel. | Ensure that the user is added to the target Channel/Private group before running the Pipeline again. |
| Unable to create an interim channel for the given list of users. cannot_dm_bot | You have selected a Bot account to send the message to. Hence the Snap is unable to create an interim channel for sending the message to the selected recipients (as it includes the Bot). | Ensure that you have selected only individual users and not any Bot for sending the message to. And run the Pipeline again. |
| Unable to load account definition. Account named "OAuth2SlackAccount_Bot" does not exist | The account that you specified for the Snap to connect to Slack workspace is not valid. | Update the account details for the Snap and validate the account before running the Pipeline again. |
| account.property_map.settings.access_token.value: Missing property value, String is too short (0 characters), it must have a minimum of 1 characters | The Account settings for the Snap are incorrect. | Ensure that you provide/generate a valid User Token in the Snap account before running the Pipeline again. |
Examples
Sending a
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Message and
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Updating it
This example demonstrates how we can use the Send Message Snap to send messages to one or more recipients. To update a message that you have sent to another Slack user/Channel/private group, you need to use the Update Message Snap to pass the timestamp of the original message. The same can be done for multiple messages, at once.
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