Get Channels

Lists all channels in a Slack team.

External Documentation

To learn more, visit the Slack documentation.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Exclude Archived?	Check to exclude archived channels from the list.
Limit	The maximum number of items to return. Fewer than the requested number of items may be returned, even if the end of the list hasn't been reached. Must be an integer no larger than 1000.
Return All Pages	Automatically fetch all resources, page by page.
Types	Add as comma-separatedlist to filter the type of channels you wish to list: public_channel, private_channel, im, mpim.

Example Output

{
  "channels": [
    {
      "created": 1449252889,
      "creator": "U012A3CDE",
      "id": "C012AB3CD",
      "is_archived": false,
      "is_channel": true,
      "is_ext_shared": false,
      "is_general": true,
      "is_group": false,
      "is_im": false,
      "is_member": true,
      "is_mpim": false,
      "is_org_shared": false,
      "is_pending_ext_shared": false,
      "is_private": false,
      "is_shared": false,
      "name": "general",
      "name_normalized": "general",
      "num_members": 4,
      "pending_shared": [],
      "previous_names": [],
      "purpose": {
        "creator": "",
        "last_set": 0,
        "value": "This channel is for team-wide communication and announcements. All team members are in this channel."
      },
      "topic": {
        "creator": "",
        "last_set": 0,
        "value": "Company-wide announcements and work-based matters"
      },
      "unlinked": 0
    },
    {
      "created": 1449252889,
      "creator": "U061F7AUR",
      "id": "C061EG9T2",
      "is_archived": false,
      "is_channel": true,
      "is_ext_shared": false,
      "is_general": false,
      "is_group": false,
      "is_im": false,
      "is_member": true,
      "is_mpim": false,
      "is_org_shared": false,
      "is_pending_ext_shared": false,
      "is_private": false,
      "is_shared": false,
      "name": "random",
      "name_normalized": "random",
      "num_members": 4,
      "pending_shared": [],
      "previous_names": [],
      "purpose": {
        "creator": "",
        "last_set": 0,
        "value": "A place for non-work-related flimflam, faffing, hodge-podge or jibber-jabber you'd prefer to keep out of more focused work-related channels."
      },
      "topic": {
        "creator": "",
        "last_set": 0,
        "value": "Non-work banter and water cooler conversation"
      },
      "unlinked": 0
    }
  ],
  "ok": true,
  "response_metadata": {
    "next_cursor": "dGVhbTpDMDYxRkE1UEI="
  }
}

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