Search Messages

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This action has been deprecated and will no longer be available in new workflows.

Searches for messages matching a query.

External Documentation

To learn more, visit the Slack documentation.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Query	Search query.
Sort	Return matches sorted by either score or timestamp.
Sort Direction	Change sort direction to ascending (asc) or descending (desc).

Example Output

{
    "messages": {
        "matches": [
            {
                "channel": {
                    "id": "C12345678",
                    "is_ext_shared": false,
                    "is_mpim": false,
                    "is_org_shared": false,
                    "is_pending_ext_shared": false,
                    "is_private": false,
                    "is_shared": false,
                    "name": "general",
                    "pending_shared": []
                },
                "iid": "cb64bdaa-c1e8-4631-8a91-0f78080113e9",
                "permalink": "https://hitchhikers.slack.com/archives/C12345678/p1508284197000015",
                "team": "T12345678",
                "text": "The meaning of life the universe and everything is 42.",
                "ts": "1508284197.000015",
                "type": "message",
                "user": "U2U85N1RV",
                "username": "roach"
            },
            {
                "channel": {
                    "id": "C12345678",
                    "is_ext_shared": false,
                    "is_mpim": false,
                    "is_org_shared": false,
                    "is_pending_ext_shared": false,
                    "is_private": false,
                    "is_shared": false,
                    "name": "random",
                    "pending_shared": []
                },
                "iid": "9a00d3c9-bd2d-45b0-988b-6cff99ae2a90",
                "permalink": "https://hitchhikers.slack.com/archives/C12345678/p1508795665000236",
                "team": "T12345678",
                "text": "The meaning of life the universe and everything is 101010",
                "ts": "1508795665.000236",
                "type": "message",
                "user": "",
                "username": "robot overlord"
            }
        ],
        "pagination": {
            "first": 1,
            "last": 2,
            "page": 1,
            "page_count": 1,
            "per_page": 20,
            "total_count": 2
        },
        "paging": {
            "count": 20,
            "page": 1,
            "pages": 1,
            "total": 2
        },
        "total": 2
    },
    "ok": true,
    "query": "The meaning of life the universe and everything"
}

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