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Use this Snap to edit messages you have sent to a user, private group/channel or a public channel. The Snap instantly updates the messages.
Prerequisites
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 |
| Update Message | Update Message | ||||||||
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. Click the icon and select a channel from the suggested values. To add more channels, enter comma-separated values manually in one of the following formats:
| N/A | #testprivate:G019B3ETYMB | ||||||||
Users | String/Expression/Suggestion | Required for Target Type - Users. Click the icon and select a recipient from the suggested values. To add more recipients, enter comma-separated values manually in one of the following formats:
| N/A | @user.name:W01A94P7MK1 | ||||||||
Timestamp | String/Expression | Required. To edit the message you sent earlier, enter or pass its Epoch timestamp. | N/A | 1601469028 | ||||||||
New Message | String/Expression | Required. Enter the updated message to send to same set of 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 | Hi there! | ||||||||
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 update the message with the given target and timestamp: message_not_found | The Snap cannot locate the target message to update it. | Ensure that the Channel and Timestamp provided correspond to a valid message that exists before running the Pipeline again. |
Input error: Target (user/channel) missing | You have not supplied either the Channel or the Timestamp for the target message to update it. | Ensure that you provide the required parameters to delete the message before running the Pipeline again. |
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Notice that we have defined the New Message field as an expression and that it contains the new-line character \n that renders the message with multiple lines, as expected.
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